At Newsweek's latest virtual event, health care leaders shared explained how they've reduced reliance on contract nurses.

Based on real jobs posted on our platform, the average weekly salary of all travel RNs combined was $2,122 on March 5, 2025. During the same period, staff RNs earned an average of $43.36 per hour.

For nurses with an adventurous spirit, travel nursing is the way to go. A travel nurse is a licensed contract nurse who works at a hospital for a specified amount of time, typically 13-week increments ...

Jordan Young is Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of AMX Healthcare, a leading national allied health & travel nurse staffing agency. Travel nursing can be traced as far back as the 19th century ...

It started as a response to quell the unexpected overflow of hospitalizations during Mardi Gras in 1970s New Orleans but today travel nursing is a contentious topic that has turned into a Band-Aid ...

During the Covid-19 pandemic, demand for nurses—already understaffed—surged to even higher levels, and travel nurses deployed to fill the gaps. Illustration by Ryan Olbrysh Jen already worked 60-hour ...

WASHINGTON — As the U.S. health system buckles under the weight of the Covid-19 pandemic, private equity firms are cashing in. Some of their investments center on nurse staffing agencies, a ...

What would it take for some nurses to return to Newfoundland and Labrador's health-care system? Former rural Newfoundland LPN ...

The coronavirus pandemic has led to the downfall of many industries as high unemployment rates swept the U.S. during its early stages. There was one industry, amongst a few others, that began to rise ...

Stacey Button felt unsupported and overworked as a licensed practical nurse in Springdale, N.L. She says leaving and becoming a travel nurse has been life-changing. (Troy Turner/CBC) Stacey Button ...

The nursing field has had its challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. Staffing shortages, trauma and job instability shook the field in 2020 and continued into 2022. During these tumultuous times, ...