> Rather than hiring permanent people or upping salary, Hospitals have instead elected to just use travel nurses and an extreme premium so as to avoid any salar

> Rather than hiring permanent people or upping salary, Hospitals have instead elected to just use travel nurses and an extreme premium so as to avoid any salary increases. Hearsay from the nurses I know: a large hospital near me has a separate budget line item for full time nurses vs. travel nurses or other "mercenery" roles. This incentive system will never create the best patient care, but I suppose that's not really the goal.