COVID-19’s Impact On Nursing Shortages, The Rise Of Travel Nurses, And Price Gouging
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Travel nurses raced to help during Covid. Now they’re facing abrupt cuts.
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Travel nurses’ gold rush is over. Now, some are joining other nurses in leaving the profession altogether.
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As N.L. nurses leave full-time jobs, province calls in costly private agencies
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Travel nurses took high-paying jobs during Covid. But then their pay was slashed, sometimes in half.
In early 2022, Jordyn Bashford thought things were as good as they could be for a nurse amid the Covid pandemic. A few months earlier, she had signed an agreement…