Why costs for temp staff ballooned by $55.4M at 2 Kansas hospitals

These state hospitals can’t find full-time staff. Contract nurses are needed to serve patients, but expenses keep going up.
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Two Kansas hospitals spent $61.4 million on temporary staff. It was just $6 million in 2019

Kansas is spending tens of millions of dollars a year on traveling nurses because it can’t find full-time staff to fill positions at two state psychiatric hospitals. But paying for temporary help is ...
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Kansas' psychiatric hospitals spent $61.4 million on traveling nurses. Costs are likely to rise

These state hospitals can’t find full-time staff. Contract nurses are needed to serve patients, but expenses keep going up. Kansas is spending tens of millions of dollars a year on traveling nurses ...