Healthcare Traveler - October 2008 - (Page 28) whereas previous full-time travelers garnered $64,063. It should be noted that former travelers who reported practicing in these settings were fairly evenly split between nursing and non-nursing professionals. Current travelers included a higher percentage of allied health providers to nurses. This significant increase in Full-time travelers pay and shift in disciplines may made more in the be due to the settings’ growing popularity. Home health arrangeMidwest than in ments offer patients continuing the South, reversing care after release from inpatient stays. Community health services part-timers’ pattern. reach a growing patient population in need of greater access to healthcare. With ongoing personnel shortages and an aging general population, these types of organizations may be offering greater compensation to travelers willing to fill staffing voids. Ambulatory care: This setting also displayed some economic growth, despite the fact that the overall number of respondents who reported working in it was static at 7%. Average salaries for current and previous full-time travelers—at $73,929—just edged out those of part-timers, at $73,529. In 2006, those working full-time reported incomes of $64,020, and just over 4% claimed earnings in excess of $100,000. This time, that group increased to 12%. The higher amounts of procedures handled on an outpatient basis and growing numbers of clinics with expanded hours nationwide could be mitigating factors behind the rising pay scales. Additionally, these results may be influenced by the potential migration of current non-nursing travelers from this setting to others, including imaging centers and laboratories. Subacute care and rehabilitation facilities: Among current and previous travelers, 12% have accepted assignments in subacute care and another 5% have worked in rehabilitation centers. Like ambulatory care, these settings did not waver significantly in the percentage of respondents assigned to them, overall. Average full-time salaries in subacute and rehab environments increased roughly $10,000, from just under $62,000 to $71,000 and $72,000, annually. Two out of five current full-time travelers earned between $75,000 and $100,000 in subacute care, and almost 3% topped that marker. In rehabilitation centers, more than one out of every 10 of these clinicians made at least six figures. » Circle Career Card No. 647 http://www.sagenths.com http://www.sagenths.com
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