What is $99,840? It’s 63% more than the average Georgia salary, $3,000 more than locals need to live comfortably, and it’s what nurses can make if they work for the government.
In Georgia, nurses made roughly 46% more than the average local last year. And still the Peach State’s health care pros did not make enough to have “comfortable” incomes, according to a recent report.
The federal government is for the first time requiring nursing homes to have minimum staffing levels after the COVID-19 pandemic exposed grim realities in poorly staffed facilities for older and disabled Americans.
A proposed rule change from the state’s Health and Human Services Commission would not allow an adult “to be away from the home for any period of time” whenever a nurse is providing services, according to documents obtained by The Texas Tribune.