Re:Report: 90% of nurses considering leaving the profession ...
by nradov on Wednesday April 27, 2022 @06:43PM
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That article was just a recent example. If you search around you can find many other hospitals which have closed down or gone through bankruptcy in recent years.
https://www.gpb.org/news/2022/04/08/wellstar-closing-er-hosp...
https://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2022/04/04/c...
In 2020 the US median salary for an RN was $75K. That was well above the median household income. Hardly pauper's wages.
Most hospitals are not extremely profitable. In fact the majority are run by governments or non-profit organizations.
https://www.kff.org/other/state-indicator/hospitals-by-owner...
Tech companies will pay engineers as little as they can get away with. Expectations have nothing to do with it. Wages are set by the market.