Staff care technicians at Nebraska veterans homes will receive a 20 percent salary increase beginning this month.
"We need to continue providing our veterans with top-of-the-line care and reward our skilled teammates who are delivering that care every day," Gov. Pete Ricketts said Monday.
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"This increase will improve recruitment and retention, enabling us to provide more continuity of care and serve more people," he said.
Staff care technicians provide basic nursing care, administer medications and perform a variety of other tasks. Some 135 technicians at the state's veterans homes will receive the pay raise.Â
There has been a high turnover among staff care technicians because of low wages and mandatory overtime requirements, the governor's office noted in a news release. And that has led to use of third-party staffing agencies, impacting continuity of care and resulting in additional costs.
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"This is a big win in our efforts to retain those who care for America's heroes," Department of Veterans Affairs Director John Hilgert said.Â
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