Travel nurses: Covid hospitalizations stabilize and federal and state funding dries up, contracts that were plentiful and lucrative are vanishing

Travel nurses raced to help during Covid. Now they're facing abrupt cuts. As Covid hospitalizations stabilize and federal and state funding dries up, contracts that were plentiful and lucrative are vanishing. NBC News

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As Covid hospitalization rates stabilize, at least for now, and federal and state Covid relief funding dries up, travel nurse contracts that were plentiful and lucrative are vanishing. And after the pressure cooker of the past two-plus years led to staff turnover and a rash of early retirements, hospitals nationwide are focused on recruiting full-time nurses.

Nationally, demand for registered nurse travelers dropped by a third in the month leading up to April 10, according to data from staffing agency Aya Healthcare, although openings have rebounded slightly in recent weeks.

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