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📈 States with Increased Travel Nursing Pay Despite the overall national decline, a few states reported increases in travel nurse salaries in April 2025: * Rhode Island: Experienced a 3.8% increase, with average weekly pay rising from $2,413 to $2,504. * Texas: Saw a 3.2% increase, with wages rising
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February 2025 Travel RN Wage Trends by State As February 2025 closed, the U.S. healthcare system continued to adjust to life post-pandemic, with most health systems now operating under updated protocols and funding models. Since the formal conclusion of the federal Public Health Emergency last year, COVID-19 hospitalizations have
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February 2025 Travel Nursing Wage Trends by State After three years of staffing volatility, February 2025 brought a new inflection point. COVID-related hospitalizations dropped sharply, with a 71% decrease in cases mid-month, bringing the national daily average to its lowest level since Christmas 2024. This trend continued into early March,
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February 2025 Travel Nursing Salary Trends by State Travel nurse pay continued its gradual decline in February 2025, as the national average weekly rate dropped to $2,398, down from $2,409 in January. This 0.5% decrease reflects a slight acceleration in the trend seen over the last several
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April 2025 Travel Nurse Wage Trends: Widespread Declines Despite COVID Surge As April 2025 came to a close, travel nurse wages dropped across nearly every U.S. state, even as COVID-19 cases began to rise again after two months of steady decline. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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2025 Guide to Becoming an Outstanding Nurse Mentor Think back to your first shift as a new nurse. The nerves. The information overload. The fear of making a mistake. In 2025, the stakes are higher, the pace is faster, and new nurses enter an environment that demands both clinical skill
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January 2025 Travel Nursing Wage Trends by State As 2025 begins, hospitals across the U.S. are still navigating a chronic staffing crisis. Despite the official end of the COVID-19 public health emergency, its ripple effects remain. Burnout, early retirements, and tighter state budgets have left healthcare systems operating under
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Eugene, Oregon Is a 2025 Hot Spot for Registered Nurses Imagine starting your day in a city surrounded by mountains, forests, and rivers — with the coast just over an hour away. Now picture that same place offering competitive pay, flexible roles, and employers that actually invest in your well-being. In
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2025 Home Health Nurse Salary Guide: What RNs Earn by State As more patients choose to receive care at home, demand for permanent home health nurses continues to rise in 2025. Yet, the sector faces persistent staffing shortages, made worse by pandemic-era burnout and an aging workforce. Home health remains
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Nurse Advocacy in 2025: What It Means, Why It Matters, and How Nurses Lead In 2025, nurses remain the most trusted professionals in the country — a distinction confirmed once again by Gallup’s latest annual Honesty and Ethics poll. For the 23rd year in a row, nurses topped the list
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2025 Update: Travel Nurse Wages Remain Volatile as Staffing Priorities Shift The dramatic swings in travel nurse wages seen during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic have quieted in 2025, but volatility remains. While the urgency of pandemic response has faded, the aftershocks are still being felt in health systems
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Revised January 2025 Travel Nurse Wage Report: Respiratory Surges Didn’t Stop Wage Declines As January 2025 came to a close, travel nurse wages continued trending downward despite widespread respiratory illnesses. While flu, RSV, and the latest COVID-19 subvariant drove up patient volumes in parts of the U.S., those