Idaho losing nurses to nearby states

Idaho continues to experience pockets of severe nursing shortages while better paying jobs in surrounding states are attracting Idaho’s nursing graduates, according to a recently released report from the Idaho Department of Labor.

The report, issued late last month, found that southwestern Idaho faces the biggest challenge of finding enough nurses because it’s nestled in the state’s fastest-growing region with the highest aging population. Meanwhile, the competition over health care workers has also tightened in northern Idaho because of its proximity to the Washington border, a state concurrently facing a nursing workforce deficit/ Kimberlee Kruesi , Associated Press. More here.

Question: Do you know a North Idaho nurse who works in Spokane instead of here, as a result of the pay difference?