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Nursing home staff, fed up with low pay and long hours, are leaving — but then coming right back. Many are turning to staffing agencies where they can make a lot more money for the exact same work.
Nursing home staff, fed up with low pay and long hours, are leaving — but then coming right back. Many are turning to staffing agencies where they can make a lot more money for the exact same work.
“We’re not going to work ourselves to death for peanuts anymore,” said Monica Cummings, a licensed practical nurse in Elkhart, Indiana. “There are a lot of nurses that have left and said, 'I don’t care how much it pays.' And that’s sad.”
Amid a nursing shortage, nursing homes are relying on staffing agencies for help – but they're charging more for their services. Agencies say it's simply supply and demand. Nursing homes say they're being gouged. And the nurses themselves just want to make more money.
Amid a nursing shortage, nursing homes are relying on staffing agencies for help but they're charging more for their services. Agencies say it's simply supply and demand. Nursing homes say they're being gouged. And the nurses themselves just want to make more money.