Travel nurses who left staff jobs reflect on newfound freedom
Staff nurses around the United States are leaving full-time positions to become contract or travel nurses with short-term assignments. Many cite pandemic conditions, such as staffing and equipment shortages, as their reason for leaving their local hospitals and health-care facilities.…
‘Disastrous, overwhelming, frightening’: Inside a Rhode Island emergency department
The presence of the Omicron variant has left doctors and nurses at Kent Hospital in Warwick, R.I. overwhelmed, with some patients waiting two to four days in the emergency department before being moved to the Covid ward. Read more: https://wapo.st/3rtOC2k.…