The reasons that cause the wages of nurses to change are due to various reasons, such as the increase in elderly populations, potential retirements of nurses for that year and fewer enrollments in nursing school programs.
More employers are beginning to offer sign on bonuses to nurses that accept positions within their company. The bonus is usually paid once the nurse works a certain amount of time (usually a few years), ranging between $10,000 and $20,000.
The role of the travel nurse is to provide nursing services to organizations that are lacking nurses. They travel to various areas in the U.S. and are paid an average salary of $79,000. Housing expenses are usually covered.
The compensation data results that took place in 2009 showed that health care registered nursing salaries had increased 9.2 percent from 2008. Even more recently, it was reported that the annual salaries jumped from $2,000 to $3,000 more.
