I left nursing before covid making 27/hr, I've come back to nursing making 35/hr, my credentials have not changed in any significant manner and it's not like a year experience gets you an 8 dollar hourly raise. If I went into travel nursing, I could make like 50+/hr. The push towards travel nursing though will absolutely destroy any labor power nursing has by essentially turning all nursing into the equivalent of gig-work.
Also a bunch of places are offering 10k+ sign on bonuses for agreeing to work for a single year.
I left nursing before covid making 27/hr, I've come back to nursing making 35/hr, my credentials have not changed in any significant manner and it's not like a year experience gets you an 8 dollar hourly raise. If I went into travel nursing, I could make like 50+/hr. The push towards travel nursing though will absolutely destroy any labor power nursing has by essentially turning all nursing into the equivalent of gig-work.
Also a bunch of places are offering 10k+ sign on bonuses for agreeing to work for a single year.