“Capacity” is not just bed count, but staffing availability, also.
Staffing is becoming more of an issue. Nursing call outs are running higher than it did last spring. This leads to burn out for those nurses who work more 12 hour shifts a week.
This could be problematic. But, it has been my experience that high call out numbers has more to do with management than it does with COVID. But, that is an opinion—maybe there are other issues.
But with OT, many nurses are easily approaching the mid $200k range for the year. Not bad if you want to work the hours. Traveling nurses make a LOT more than that.