The Covid-19 pandemic has increased the workload placed on nurses and other health-care professionals, leading to an increased rate of burnout and turnover.
As a result, hospitals and health-care providers are increasingly turning to health-care staffing agencies to address staffing shortages. Health-care staffing agencies recruit and place nurses, technicians, and other health-care professionals at health facilities, Bloomberg notes. The recent growth in such agencies has led many state legislatures to enact new licensure or registration requirements. Read more.
