A recent report is critical of the steep increase in staffing costs for contract nurses. But experts say it’s important to look at what’s causing nurses to leave the profession and search for ways to improve their experience at work.
The workforce report by healthcare consulting firm Kaufman Hall found that hospitals’ use of contract labor for nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in higher hospital expenses. The consulting firm revealed that labor expenses at US hospitals and health systems went up 37% per patient between 2019 and March 2022
