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This problem is not unique to Vermont. Private duty agencies pay crap and the pay rate is typically flat. You make the same if you're a new grad or a nurse with 30 years experience or if you've worked for the agency for 10 days or 10 years.
A similar article about the issue in your neighbor to the south: Underpaid nurses costing families MassHealth home care | Boston 25 News
At least the people in Massachusetts acknowledge that the real problem is that home health nurses are underpaid -- and don't just say there is a nursing shortage, which while technically correct, is misleading.
Everyone wants these patients to have a private nurse at home -- but nobody wants to pay what a nurse is worth on the market.
Not_A_Hat_Person, RN
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Apparently, my state can't find private duty nurses.