Demand, Pay for Travel ICU Nurses Soar as Hospitals Face Staff Crunch Due to COVID-19
12/18/2020
Staffing crunches caused by COVID-19 created a massive 305% increase in demand for intensive care unit travel nurses from March to November, according to a new report, as cited in FierceHealthcare.
The report, released Thursday from NurseFly, which links traveling nurses to job offers, underscores the staffing problems hospitals have faced battling the virus.
NurseFly reported that pay for traveling ICU workers has soared 80% to 90% in the last month with facilities facing major surges of COVID-19.