The History of Nurse Pay (Video)

When hospitals began hiring nurses into their system over 100 years ago, they immediately saw a massive positive impact on patient outcomes. At the time, nurses were billed separately like all the other healthcare professionals. Then one small change was made that has stifled nurse pay ever since.

Watch this 3 minute mini-documentary on the history of nursing and how we got to now. The narration is from a conversation with Rebecca Love, RN, MSN, FIEL from the Stability podcast The Brink: Saving Nursing. You can listen to the episode here, or watch the full episode here.

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