Zac Shepherd, Aya Healthcare ICU nurse, has spent the past four years traveling across the U.S. and helping hospitals where there’s a need. Having worked in intensive-care units in COVID-19 hot spots like Newark, New Jersey, and Long Beach, California, Shepherd said he enjoys the flexibility traveling provides. Read… Read More

The New York Times Magazine reports that for the past 30 years, hospitals across the nation have followed a model that aims to match nurses precisely to the number of occupied beds. When there are shortages throughout the hospital, nurses are asked to come in and take an extra 12-hour… Read More

Aya Healthcare’s Vice President of Account Management, Sophia Morris, discussed the unprecedented demand for travel nurses across the country. There are currently over 35,000 jobs open nationally, and more than 700 in Massachusetts. Hear the full interview here. Read More

April Hansen, group president of workforce solutions at Aya Healthcare, a nursing travel agency, says staffing was a crisis nationally before the pandemic. Hansen said the number of core permanent vacancies for staff nurse positions has doubled over the course of the pandemic from around 100,000 to nearly 200,000. Read More