It should be no secret that for the past year, the COVID-19 pandemic has turned the healthcare job market upside down. In fact, it has created definite peaks and valleys. For nurses, physicians, techs and other travel healthcare professionals, demand skyrocketed for COVID-related specialties – while decreasing in areas such as elective surgeries. What Goes…
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World Health Day has been celebrated each year since 1948 on April 7th. The World Health Organization promotes this celebration yearly to promote awareness of health concerns. If we learned anything in the last year is that most of us take our health for granted. Whether you are recovering from COVID-19 or managed to avoid it, you may wonder…
It goes without saying that the novel coronavirus is having a big impact on travel healthcare professionals. As the number of COVID-19 cases continues to rise in many parts of America, scores of healthcare travelers have headed to the front lines. Many hospitals have been relying on nurses, medical scribes, therapists, and other travel healthcare workers to help care for an overwhelming surge of…
As the COVID-19 pandemic reignites in California and cases once again climb, the need for experienced healthcare workers increases as well. As a healthcare professional, you know what that means—long hours on the front lines in the eye of the pandemic storm – putting yourself at risk. The families of nurses, doctors, paramedics, and clinical…
COVID-19 has raised a lot of questions for healthcare workers and traveling medical professionals. The most recent has been how the healthcare industry and the public will be affected by elective surgeries resuming in the U.S., as we start to see more of the country opening back up. Likewise, the COVID-19 outbreak has affected travel…
COVID-19 CRISIS RESPONSE To our Focus Staff Family, we cannot thank you enough for your heroic efforts in the fight against COVID-19. You are our inspiration, and we could not be more proud or grateful for all that you do to protect and care for our families, friends, and communities. The impact of this pandemic has been…
Hospitals are Hiring Hundreds of Travel Nurses to Tackle Coronavirus (COVID-19) Hospitals are struggling to find enough doctors, nurses and other health care workers to care for mounting numbers of critically ill coronavirus patients. The staffing problems are on top of the equipment problems — the lack of ICU beds, ventilators, and masks and other…
Your state licenses are basically like a “work passport” to where you can head next. Knowing the updates make a huge difference when you’re ready to start your new adventure with Focus Staff on your next travel assignment. Sadly, our country is in a National Emergency. What does this mean for your state licenses? COVID-19…
Here’s What We Know About COVID-19 COVID-19 is a respiratory disease caused by a new coronavirus. It’s part of a large family of viruses that are common in people and animals that, in rare cases, can lead to severe respiratory problems, kidney failure, or death. There’s still so much to learn about this new disease…
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