Nursing ranks are gutted; those left feel unappreciated, overworked
An employee leaves the emergency room as ambulances line up outside Baptist Memorial Hospital, Aug. 20, 2021. Local nurses and other staff, tired of feeling unappreciated, are leaving in droves. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Travel nurses filling the gaps make two to three times more an hour than staff RNs; it rankles, nurses say. But there are other reasons, including appreciation, exacerbating the nursing shortage.
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Jane Roberts
Longtime journalist Jane Roberts is a Minnesotan by birth and a Memphian by choice. She's lived and reported in the city more than two decades. She covers business news and features for The Daily Memphian.
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