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.

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Checks find 1,000 felons in nursing homes
Newly required criminal background checks have identified nearly 1,000 convicted felons living in Illinois nursing homes, and state officials expect that number will go up once all the checks are finished.
The state previously had no idea how many ex-cons lived in Illinois’ long-term care facilities or whether these people posed a threat to other residents.

Background checks at nursing homes to get major upgrade
By Matthew Miller Lansing State Journal
EAST LANSING - Cracks and loopholes in the various employee back– ground check systems used by Michigan’s nursing homes and other long-term care facilities have occasionally allowed violent felons to slip through.
Lori Post is the person charged with filling in those cracks. She is the assistant dean for research in Michigan State University’s College of Communication Arts and Sciences. Read More