Why a Texas system hasn't hired a travel nurse in 30 years
04/01/24 at 03:00 AM
Why a Texas system hasn't hired a travel nurse in 30 years
Becker's Hospital Review, by Kelly Gooch; 3/28/24
Beth Schmidt remembers the last time Fort Worth, Texas-based Cook Children's Health Care System hired a travel nurse, and it was not recently. ... Many hospitals and health systems increased their reliance on travel nurses during the pandemic to fill vacancies. However, a number of organizations are now making efforts to decrease their dependence for financial reasons. ... [This organization has had 15-20 years success with] the Winter Plan, a program ... [that] allows workers to temporarily become Cook Children's employees for four to six months to help augment the health system's nursing staff.