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Postings on job hunting sites and apps still show positions open for Allegiant Stadium, private parties and Strip events when an estimated 330,000 will come to the region for Super Bowl-related activity.
Healthcare staffing expert Ivette Palomeque says it's all due to cost-cutting out-sourcing. "E R outsourcing is prevalent including here in Houston. It's a fast-growing trend that has increased over the past several years."
As the coronavirus spread, demand for nurses came from every corner. Some jobs for travelers paid more than $10,000 a week. Will the boom last?
The added pressure from the pandemic and high pay rates for travel nurses could spur a permanent reset of wages for all nurses, said April Kapu, president of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners.
Hospital officials and front-line workers say removing the state’s mask mandate is premature. March 4, 2021, 1:13 PM Dr. Joseph Varon, left, talks with patient LaTanya Robinson inside the Coronavirus Unit at United Memorial Medical Center, Monday, July 6, 2020, in Houston. At a University of Houston vaccination site on Wednesday, nurses helped administer doses to students and faculty who qualified under Texas' current coronavirus vaccination plan. It was just one day after Gov. Greg Abbott announced he was lifting COVID-19 restrictions — including a mask mandate — and student volunteers...