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
Tens of thousands of nurses have met the increasing demand caused by the pandemic by traveling and accepting short contracts at hospitals that need them most. CNN spoke to several Aya nurses who have traveled to some of the most vulnerable areas in the country. They reflected on their struggles,… Read More
Travel nurses have been in high demand all across the US while COVID-19 cases surged through the end of 2020 into January this year. Business Insider spoke with Aya Healthcare president Alan Braynin about the demand, and Aya travel nurse Taylor Dilick on why she wanted to be on the… Read More
BBC aired a segment showcasing the lives of travel nurses and the personal sacrifices they’re making to help fight this pandemic — featuring an Aya traveler! You can watch the segment on their website. Read More
Health reporter, Lenny Bernstein, interviewed Aya President and CEO, Alan Braynin, on staffing U.S. hospitals amidst the ongoing pandemic. Read the article. Read More
Kristen Knott, an Aya travel nurse, spoke with Good Morning America about her recent viral Facebook post that shared 31 things she learned from working 31 days in a COVID-19 ICU. Read More
We’re honored to have The Wall Street Journal feature two #AyaHealthcareHeroes, Joseph Marek & Kelly Alilio! This incredible Nurses Day photo series highlights nurses fighting on the frontlines across the nation. Read More
A nurse’s new reality: recycling masks, wiggling out of gowns and calming fears. Aya traveler Emily Gundlach’s Southern California gig has her conserving equipment, shifting future plans, her dreams of Big Sur replaced by Netflix and books. Learn more in this Wall Street Journal article. Read More