By Lauren Weber, Kaiser Health News When Karolyn Schrage first heard about the “dominoes gang” in the health clinic she runs in Joplin, Mo., she assumed it had to do with pizza. Turns out it was a group of men in their 60s and 70s who held a standing game night — which included sex […]
By Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News Tangunikia Ward, a single mom of two who has been unemployed for the past couple of years, was shocked when her St. Louis family was kicked off Missouri’s Medicaid program without warning last fall. She found out only when taking her son, Mario, 10, to a doctor to be […]
Missouri travel nurse needs have remained at a significantly high number throughout November and the first week of December, according to current market data. More than 140 travel nurse needs are active in the state, most of which are newer positions located in or around the St. Louis region, said Jennifer Pomietlo, a director of client […]
Registered nurses with union National Nurses United voted Tuesday to authorize their contract negotiators to submit a ten-day strike notice if their issues remain unresolved, the union said in a press release. The strike authorization could affect ongoing negotiations at 15 hospitals affiliated with the Tennessee-based, for-profit company Hospital Corporation of America (HCA). Most of […]
Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri is expecting to hire hundreds of travelers this fall in preparation for flu season, according to data gathered by HCT Today from industry sources. A contingent staffing coordinator for the hospital told staffing agency sources that Barnes-Jewish expects to send out around 200 to 250 travel nurse job orders […]
If seeing the St. Louis, Missouri skyline is on your bucket list, now is a great time to apply—especially for travel nurses—according to recent job market data from StaffDNA and industry sources. “Missouri is on fire for [medical-surgical/telemetry],” said Jennifer Pomietlo, a director of client advisory for LiquidAgents Healthcare. “I have over 45 different [medical-surgical/telemetry] […]
In our June traveler job market predictions, we talked about the “summer stall”—less new job postings, more competition for every job and more interest in atypical summer job states. Based on StaffDNA job board data, two of our predictions were on target. Job application volume increase by nearly 20 percent from May to June, marking […]
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