Becker's Healthcare March 12, 2025
Gig models for nurses have been an effective strategy for health systems the last few years, but they are not immune to staff shortage issues.
At Chicago-based Northwestern Memorial HealthCare, gig nurses can travel anywhere in the organization to take on six- to 13-week assignments. The program allows only nurses with at least two years of experience and has grown to 20 nurses over the last five years. The model has helped attract nurses who enjoy a variety of work, prefer short-term assignments and even attracted travel nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic who did not want to return to a traditional hospital unit.
There are a lot of advantages to this model.
“It allows us to proactively fill anticipated...
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