creativelyuncreative t1_ixav3ms wrote
Reply to comment by KBAR1942 in WA Patient Dies in Understaffed ER Lobby, County Council Pens Letter of "Disappointment" by vegetefubberyhi01
Every single hospital system in the area uses travel RNs, and I myself do local travel. If we’re going to be understaffed and overworked wherever we go (and still in a pandemic), I’m not going to pick a job that’s $39 vs $69/hour
KBAR1942 t1_ixavf8g wrote
Which is your right. And, yes, I am well aware of the use of travelers. That doesn't change the financial impact on the medical in system. It still isn't sustainable.
creativelyuncreative t1_ixavw6m wrote
I agree that it’s not sustainable at all, and until hospital admins start paying their regular staff more, there’s just going to be more travel positions everywhere. Unfortunately most of their heads are up their own asses and they continue to give themselves bonuses while refusing to increase wages. At my last job we got a 4% raise in 2 years (when inflation in one year was 8%) and 2% of the raise was from our union bargaining :(
KBAR1942 t1_ixawn8o wrote
Oh I agree with you about the management issues. More often than not management, especially middle management, is oblivious to anything that is not staring them directly in the face (and even then that's not always the case).
UncommonSense12345 t1_ixb4kja wrote
Ya travelers often aren’t ready to work from day 1 need an orientation period at no fault of their own, they are just new to a job. It is frustrating when the person needing to be trained makes 3x the trainer and more than the provider writing the orders tho. Gets old fast for the permanent staff who either can’t travel (life, kids, house, etc) or like their job. Traveling needs to end as it drains the budgets and perpetuates…. More traveling and lower and lower morale at work.
KBAR1942 t1_ixb5sls wrote
Exactly. This is what my family members have told me.
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