Smaller facilities particularly rural ones that have struggled for years to stay afloat are finding it difficult, if not impossible, to compete for health care workers in this labor market.
Already strained by the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals around the country are desperate to staff their facilities as the highly transmissible omicron variant spreads
A hospital in Wisconsin sued to keep seven employees from taking jobs with a competitor. A health system in South Dakota is offering nurses $40,000 signing bonuses.