It is an open secret in rural healthcare today that local staff nurses are working their tails off while out-of-town contractors drop in making triple the hourly rate.

In our facility, we kind of change that up a little bit to meet our needs, because you have a lot of nurses that don't work weekends, don't want to work evenings, you know, want only work this, you ...

Travel nursing took off during the COVID-19 pandemic and it has continued to grow. In 2020, Staffing Industry Analysts reported that travel nurse staffing demand jumped 35%. What used to make up just ...