MICHAEL STANDAERT North Dakota Information Cooperative For Jill Foertsch, administrator at St. Gerards Group of Care, which operates a 33-bed long-term care facility and an 11-bed impartial residing facility in Hankinson, the prices are simply piling up. Earlier than the pandemic, Foertsch hardly ever employed touring registered nurses, licensed sensible nurses or licensed nursing assistants. Important workers reductions through the epidemic made this crucial. A CNA place that paid $33 an hour earlier than the pandemic has ballooned to $85, in line with Foertsch. An LPN that after began at $44 runs about the identical, with the best at $90 to $120 for time beyond regulation. An RN was once…