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
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
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
Deploying for duty: Army wife, mom of 5 and Aya traveler heads to NYC to fight COVID-19
Aya traveler, Jessica Henninger, was featured by the U.S. Department of Defense ahead of her crisis job in NYC. Her husband is Army Staff Sgt. Alex Henninger. Jessica put her own career on hold 18 months ago to take care of the couple’s kids, who are 16, 14, 5,… Read More
Regions Hospital nurses become Aya travelers and head to New York to help relieve staffs hard hit by coronavirus
A trio of local nurses left St. Paul, Minnesota, to do battle with the coronavirus for eight weeks as Aya travelers in New York, the nation’s hardest hit state. They tell Twin Cities Pioneer Press why they made the decision to leave their staff jobs to join the fight… Read More
Savannah nurse follows her ‘calling’ and goes to New York to assist in fight against COVID-19 as an Aya traveler
Aya traveler Megan Fleming Siddel tells the Savannah Morning News why she took a leave of absence from her job at St. Joseph’s/Candler to spend eight weeks on the front line of the coronavirus in an intensive care unit at a New York City hospital. Read More
Coronavirus: Aya traveler and Wright State med student volunteers in New Orleans
The Dayton Daily News featured Kyle Henneck, an Aya traveler and Wright State University medical student, joined healthcare workers in New Orleans on the front lines of the coronavirus outbreak. Read More