As hospitals have turned to travel nurses to ease staffing shortages during the pandemic, contract labor expenses have risen over 250% in the past three years.
Cassie Jupin grew up wanting to be a nurse. She set her sights on a job at St. Peter's Health Partners hospital in Albany, New York, and landed a position in the same maternity ward where she was born.
"They were up in like the $140s, $150s, depending on the area you were searching," she explained. The pay wasn't per day. It was per hour. 29-year-old travel nurse seized a chance to make $187,000 and only work 9 months a year: It's 'a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity'St. Peter's is part of Trinity Health System, which has not been immune to the need for contract nursing. But Trinity has been able to have more control over staff turnover by using its own in-house travel nurse program — an idea that stemmed from its own nurses over a decade ago.
With nearly 90 hospitals in 26 states, First Choice has helped Trinity have better control over its contract nursing costs, while also maintaining ties with nurses who can help them maintain a consistent quality of care. "We really tried to meet our nurses where they are, and they're in different places," Misajet said. In her case, she's gone part-time rather than retire, in order to spend more time with her family.Analysts say more hospitals are following Trinity's lead and starting their own internal staffing programs to cut down on agency contract labor costs. At the same time, they're also facing higher costs to hold on to their full-time staff nurses.
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