1 in 20 Nurses In Texas Have Arrest Record
It seems the recent demand spike for nurses has resulted in nursing supervisors making $100,000+ per year. Unfortunately it turns out with the rising salaries that the number of felon nurses being hired is also on the rise. 1 in 20 in Texas to be exact.
“A good nursing supervisor, a manager, can make more than $100,000 a year in some cases,” said Devon Herrick, Senior Fellow, National Center for Policy Analysis.
Salaries spiked because of a shortage in the industry. But among the hardworking dedicated nurses are some with questionable backgrounds.
News 8 compared names and dates of births of every currently licensed nurse against the Texas Department of Public Safety criminal database.
The result revealed that thousands of Texas nurses have arrest records. In fact, one in 20 of them have records.
