PLEASE SIGN TO SUPPORT NURSES AND STOP AGENCY/TRAVEL NURSE PAY CAPS!!!!

Why is this even an issue being addressed during a pandemic?? Perhaps because nurses are too busy and tired to pay attention to anything other than patient care and their own basic human needs?

Why have we NEVER heard of salary caps on hospital administration? Or pharmaceuticals or insurance companies?

Hospital administrators are the top earners in these organizations that would not exist without NURSES.  http://www.hospitalfinances.org/ Use this link to see how much the CEO of your local hospital made last year.

The reason travel nurses make "so much" money is simply supply and demand.  Basic economics. We are experiencing a pandemic. These heros have risked their lives serving humanity in it's time of crisis.  For ONCE in my 20 years in this career, travel nurses are being paid what ALL nurses are worth.  Staff nurses should be getting raises! But, we spend our efforts, time and money fighting about capping our pay. This, if approved, will simply worsen the dire staffing crisis. 

If Admins valued the staff they have by adequately compensating them, a lot of them would NEVER LEAVE.  You give a nurse adequate pay and the schedule they want and they will  move mountains for their employer!  We go into this field with the desire to serve. For most, it's a calling. 

Since when do we cap salaries in a Capitalist Economy? Is that even constitutional?!

Why aren't the administrators at the TOP of the list for cuts or all administrative costs, in general?

Its time to PAY ATTENTION, start asking questions, band together and TAKE ACTION.

Call your legislators at the NATIONAL LEVEL and local level too.  Or, better yet, an email so you have documentation.  If their phones are ringing off the hook, they DO ACTUALLY listen.  You can even make a face to face appointment.  They care because they want your vote. Reaching out is FAR MORE impactful than you think. 

Capping legislation has successfully PASSED in some states as stated in the linked article below "Statewide, Massachusetts and Minnesota are the only two states to already have agency wage caps in place, but some states did make initial moves to address high wages during the pandemic. (Although, notably, Massachusetts raised its caps by 35% for the amount agency staff for nursing homes could be paid during the pandemic.) In Minnesota, wages were also raised, but only slightly: agency RNs can make a max of $58.08/hour at regular pay and up to $99.90/hour for holiday pay. "

Did you know?   Staff Nurse Pay has been capped for MANY years already. Most hospitals max out on their pay scale of yearly raises for many years before a nurse will retire.  This MUST STOP. �

Did you know? Nurses used to get a pension at retirement. It hasn't been that long ago. Now, they are almost unheard of. 

��GAUGING OUR PROFESSION MUST STOP ��

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Source:  TRAVEL NURSE PAY RATE CAPS ARTICLE-NURSE.ORG