Yet RN salaries and benefits altogether represent only about 16 percent of total hospital costs. Nevertheless, nurses are a major target of hospital restructuring plans, which in some cases have called for a reduction of 20 to 50 percent in registered nursing staff.
The series is an adaptation of the Longmire mystery novels written by best-selling author Craig Johnson. While the story is supposed to take place in northern Wyoming, the series is being filmed in several locations in New Mexico: Las Vegas, Santa Fe, Eagle Nest, and Red River.
This isnât to say that the series, created by a pair of producers from âThe Closer,â is a complete procedural throwback. It began with an overarching mystery â the death of the wife of Walt Longmire (Robert Taylor), sheriff of the fictional Absaroka County, Wyo. â and that mystery is still playing out at the beginning of the 10-episode fourth season, which just became available for streaming.