Travel Nursing Stories and Career Tips

Explore the top five benefits of staying with one agency as a travel nurse and how it can impact your career. Learn how consistency can lead to better job satisfaction, pay, and support. Read More

“Experts estimate that at least 10,000 foreign nurses have been delayed indefinitely — a holdup that’s almost certain to worsen an already dire national shortage. After the pandemic led 100,000 nurses to leave their jobs due to burnout or early retirement, US hospitals looked abroad to fill the gap. To… Read More

Digital staffing company Aya Healthcare acquired Winnow AI to bolster its physician recruitment capabilities as the industry grapples with a historic provider shortage. Aya Healthcare, with more than 7,000 global employees, operates a digital staffing platform that provides every component of healthcare-focused labor services, including travel nursing and allied health,… Read More

After five years working as a permanent nurse, Aya nurse fellow, Zac Shepherd, needed a change. As he contemplated what would come next in his career, he discovered travel nursing. Read more about Zac’s experience below as he shares the three reasons why traveling was the reset he needed to… Read More

Aya’s Chief People Officer, EVP, Global Employee Services & Infrastructure, Amber Zeeb, shared how Aya has embraced a hybrid model with no one-size-fits-all schedule.“During the beginning of the pandemic, obviously, people were working remotely out of necessity. But once the pandemic kind of continued, and people slowly started to come… Read More

To kick off the San Diego Food Bank’s 2023 Holiday Food Drive, Aya Healthcare’s Director of Corporate Social Responsibility, Jamie Willeford, presented a $50,000 donation to the Food Bank which will provide 100,000 meals. https://youtu.be/gvFLZyMX4Ww?si=v3RvgT4i5YYiswIC  https://youtu.be/GEJLM0R1NRM?si=SdcqIgnz5DKJ9jIX … Read More

Aya Healthcare’s EVP of client fulfillment and strategy teams, Sophia Morris, discussed Shifts and gig nursing. Aya’s gig RN, Chantal Chambers, was interviewed, as well.Read more here. Read More

Who Am I?    My name is Zac Shepherd and I’ve been a registered nurse for 11 years. I started as a full-time staff RN in a Dallas, TX, ICU, transitioned to per diem and then began my journey with Aya as a travel RN six years ago. Since then, I’ve… Read More

Celebrating 20 years of presenting world-class performances and expanded programming at the Epstein Family Amphitheater @ UC San Diego, with support from Aya Healthcare. “Aya is committed to investing in organizations that make a positive impact in communities that we serve,” states Alan Braynin, Aya Healthcare… Read More

Recently, there was mass shooting in a Baltimore-area neighborhood. Aya traveler, Malkia Murray, was working her shift at MedStar Harbor Hospital when gunshot wound victims were admitted to the hospital. All 19 victims survived! Malkia was interviewed inside the hospital and she shared her experience. See… Read More

On this episode of the Healthcare Plus Podcast, April Hansen, MSN, RN, group president of workforce solutions at Aya Healthcare, joins host Quint Studer to share industry insights and offer solutions to some of healthcare’s greatest challenges. Quint and April discuss how healthcare leaders are managing change in the dynamic… Read More

With its headquarters in Sorrento Valley, privately held Aya Healthcare developed the Shifts app to support nurses with finding work opportunities at the facilities they want, when they want. The company operates the nation’s largest digital platform for flexible work by connecting employers with a healthcare… Read More