Two Aya travelers featured on MSNBC
NBC News’ Vaughn Hillyard reports on how nurses from across the country are heading to the front lines of Arizona’s coronavirus outbreak as hospitals in the state become overwhelmed with cases. Read More
The Good Samaritan — An Aya employee’s uncle volunteered to work the COVID front lines in Italy
Dr. Mark Agness, the uncle of an Aya employee, gave a whole new meaning to the phrase “a good samaritan.” A Nevada City-based ER Physician, Dr. Agness volunteered to work in Cremona, Italy — a city devastated by the Coronavirus. Dr. Agness traveled with the nonprofit, Samaritan’s Purse, where… Read More
Local Hero Nurse Travels to COVID Hot Spot
An Aya traveler from San Diego went to a crisis hospital outside Chicago to help with their COVID-19 patients, reports NBC 7’s Emiliana Molina. Read More
An Aya nurse on the COVID-19 front line reunites with New York City firefighter who rescued her from a burning building 37 years ago
When Aya traveler, Deirdre Taylor, was preparing to leave her Virginia home to fight Covid-19 in New York on the front lines, she made sure to pack a possession that she held dear for over three decades: a front-page newspaper article. But this wasn’t just any newspaper article. It… Read More
A Message From Aya Healthcare’s President & CEO
From slavery to the Jim Crow laws, the United States is built on a history of structural racial discrimination against African Americans. Although much progress has been made, racial inequality, social injustice and discrimination against black Americans still permeates our society, including many of our institutions. According to the Center… Read More
These San Diego Aya travel nurses took jobs in COVID-19 hot zones. Here are their stories
Despite the risk of exposure to the deadly virus, these three San Diego health care providers signed on as travel nurses, taking short-term positions at hospitals hit hard by the pandemic. They got the assignments through San Diego’s Aya Healthcare, which links hospitals with contract labor nationwide. Aya has… Read More
Wall Street Journal features two Aya travelers
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
Aya travel nurse says her job is more stressful since the pandemic
Aya traveler, Sara Beth Womack, was featured on her hometown Fox station in Albertville, Alabama. She’s working a crisis assignment in North Carolina, where she finds ways to comfort her patients even when family can’t visit. Read More
Nurses Week Freebie Guide
It’s Nurses Week and everyone’s celebrating — so we put together this go-to guide for nurse freebies! Especially now, with the world on the brink of a new, uncertain future, you deserve to be celebrated. And these companies agree! JetBlueDreaming of a vacation? JetBlue is giving away 100,000 pairs of… Read More
ABC features Aya traveler on the frontlines of COVID-19 in New York City
ABC Duluth in Minnesota featured Aya traveler, Vui Aipperspach, during her assignment in New York. Her first shift was last Thursday. She posted about it on Facebook, calling it emotionally draining and a very traumatic experience to relive. And it’s been shared over and over again. Read More