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Arkansas committee hears $5,000 nurse retention bonus, adopts scope-of-practice ISPs to grow workforce
Summary
State officials told the Senate Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee about a special compensation program that gives incumbent direct-care nurses a $5,000 lump-sum retention bonus and a $5,000 recruitment bonus paid over five months. The committee adopted two ISPs expanding medication-assistant and dialysis technician duties to bolster staffing.
Janet Mann, deputy secretary and Medicaid director at the Department of Human Services, told the Senate Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee that the department has approved a special compensation award program for nurses that includes a $5,000 lump-sum retention bonus for currently employed direct-care nurses and a $5,000 recruitment bonus paid over five months to encourage longer stays while a permanent pay plan is developed.
"They're eligible for a $5,000, bonus ... as of Friday November 1, all of our currently employed nurses will be eligible and then it will be paid on the 11 15 payroll," Mann said. She…
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