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NY Times: As U.S. Covid Hospitalizations Climb, A Chronic Nursing Shortage Is Worsening
With the spread of the BA.5 subvariant, Aya group president, April Hansen, spoke with the New York Times about travel nurse demand and trends. As coronavirus hospitalizations in the US have risen steadily in recent weeks, the nation’s chronic shortage of registered nurses is worsening. Hospitals across the country are… Read More
Aya Healthcare Experts Publish New Study in Nursing Administration Quarterly
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
Aya Sponsors CommonSpirit Nurse Leader for the International Women in Nursing Career Development Program
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
Aya Healthcare experts published in Nurse Leader
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
NBC: Portland Woman Diagnosed With Multiple Sclerosis Raises Awareness
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
Aya Healthcare Launches Video Series to Help Healthcare Leaders Retain Workers
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 Announces 2021 Future Travel Nurse Scholarship Winners
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
NPR Boston: Hospitals Have Turned to More Staffing With Travel Nurses in the Face of Critical Staffing Shortages
Aya Healthcare’s Vice President of Account Management, Sophia Morris, discussed the unprecedented demand for travel nurses across the country. There are currently over 35,000 jobs open nationally, and more than 700 in Massachusetts. Hear the full interview here. Read More
CBS SF: California Faces Looming Nursing Shortage In Wake Of Pandemic; 40,000 Expected To Retire In Coming Years
Aya Healthcare travel nurse, Stephen LaBorde of Louisiana, has been among the many out-of-state medical professionals who have traveled to California to work in COVID hotspots across the state. See the story here. Read More
Aya to Award $10,000 in Scholarships to National Black Nurses Association
In the words of President Gerald Ford, who officially recognized Black History Month in 1976, it’s time to “seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of Black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history.” Today, we promote the future of Black nurses through the establishment of… Read More
NBC News: Inside a Seattle-area Hospital, the COVID Grind Wears on Staff
Jessalynn Dest and Estella Wilmarth, two Aya travel RNs, were featured in photos while working at Harborview Medical Center in Washington. See the photos and read the story here. Read More
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