Aya ICU RN, Enid Bedford, shared how travel nursing allows her to be closer to her son. Patrick Smith, Aya MS/Tele RN, discussed how travel nursing gives him an opportunity to learn new things and visit new areas. The travel nursing industry grew in 2020 as hospitals were short-staffed. Travel… Read More
Aya’s EVP of Recruitment, Chrystal Fugett, shared how we provide healthcare facilities and hospital systems with nurses and other clinical positions. Wesley Fish, Aya RN, discussed his experience of packing up his life to travel to communities that need him the most. A critical nursing shortage is affecting healthcare facilities,… Read More
Aya Healthcare, the largest healthcare staffing company in the US, has been named one of the Best Workplaces in Healthcare by Fortune for the third consecutive year. This recognition is due to Aya’s strong commitment to creating an exceptional work environment that fosters growth, teamwork, and well-being. The company rewards… Read More
With the spread of the BA.5 subvariant, Aya group president, April Hansen, spoke with the New York Times about travel nurse demand and trends. As coronavirus hospitalizations in the US have risen steadily in recent weeks, the nation’s chronic shortage of registered nurses is worsening. Hospitals across the country are… Read More
An IRB-reviewed qualitative study by Aya Healthcare’s Carol Tuttas, PhD, RN, Clinical Manager, and April Hansen, MSN, RN, Group President of Workforce Solutions reveals how working through the pandemic drives major shifts in nurses’ career path choices. Researchers examined travel and permanent staff nurses’ COVID-19 pandemic work experiences and the… Read More
While travel nursing has long been an essential healthcare service, the number of nurses moving to a travel career has increased over the past two years. Aya Healthcare’s own Carol Tuttas, PhD, RN, Clinical Manager, and April Hansen, MSN, RN, Group President of Workforce Solutions, recently published an article… Read More
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
In the words of President Gerald Ford, who officially recognized Black History Month in 1976, it’s time to “seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of Black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history.” Today, we promote the future of Black nurses through the establishment of… 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
Aya Healthcare, the nation’s leading healthcare staffing agency, today released a new IRB-reviewed research study that finds the physical and emotional traumas of COVID-19 are driving nurses to leave bedside nursing or the profession altogether. The report, “Mind the Gap: Repairing the U.S. Healthcare Workforce,”… Read More