MedCity News April 30, 2024
Shift flexibility is critical to nurse satisfaction.
It started as a response to quell the unexpected overflow of hospitalizations during Mardi Gras in 1970s New Orleans but today travel nursing is a contentious topic that has turned into a Band-Aid solution for the nationwide nurse shortage.
During the pandemic, travel nurses played a key role in filling major gaps stemming from historic levels of staffing shortages. However, the infusion of a temporary, contracted workforce employed by external staffing groups has come under scrutiny, sending shockwaves through the profession and sparking questions about pay equity. One report from the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission even suggests that employing travel nurses contributes to the high turnover rate of permanent clinical staff. The...
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