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
Per the American College of Healthcare Executives, women and people of color comprise only 11% of executive leadership positions. To foster real and impactful change, Aya Healthcare is sponsoring a nurse leader at CommonSpirit Health for the International Women in Nursing (IWIN) Career Development program which is dedicated… Read More
Crystal Erickson has been an Aya Healthcare ICU travel nurse since April 2019. She’s from South Dakota and has worked in six different states, and is currently on assignment in Maryland. Read her story here in the magazine’s Top Nurses publication. 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 exploring… Read More
Aya CVICU travel nurse, Makaya Carter, shared her experience working throughout the pandemic. Originally from Tennessee, Makaya was in Seattle when the COVID-19 pandemic began and is back in Seattle now on another assignment. Read her story here. Read More
Cortney Haak and Brandon Boyd, two Wisconsin natives who are now a travel couple, began travel nursing in 2020. The two are ICU nurses with Aya Healthcare and have worked in Washington, New Mexico, and are now on assignment in Colorado. Read more here. Read More
March is Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month. Aya traveler, Trisha Palmer, interviewed on how she’s an advocate for early diagnosis. View her story here. 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
SAN DIEGO, Feb. 24, 2022 – Aya Healthcare, the largest healthcare staffing agency in the U.S., launched a master class video series to provide nurse leaders tangible strategies to keep their workers employed and happy. Backed by findings from IRB-reviewed research, the series is designed to help leaders understand the… Read More
Aya Healthcare travel pair, Caroline and Austin Bass, are ICU nurses. Caroline and Austin are from Tennessee and honeymooned in Eugene – and have now wound up back in Eugene as travel nurses. See their story here. 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, the largest healthcare staffing company in the US, is proud to announce that ten winners have been selected in their fourth annual 2021 Future Travel Nurse Scholarship program.Each aspiring nurse will receive a $1,000 scholarship to help with costs associated with their nursing program. Aya’s selection committee is… Read More