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Pandemic price gouging complaints raise staff tensions with traveling nurses

by Blake Farmer

Feb 15, 2022

Hospitals say that staffing agencies charge too much for providing traveling nurses. The nurses say they're the ones doing the heavy lifting.

Talk of pay caps and price gouging are concerning travel nurses, who say they’re the ones doing the hard work of caring for critically ill COVID patients.

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