At up to $8,000/week, America's travel nurses keep Covid-slammed hospitals afloat
Washington (AFP) - For Allyssa Findorff, the decision to hit the road on short-term nursing contracts was an easy one: she'd always wanted to see the rest of America, and the attractive rates on offer helped seal the deal. A year into the pandemic, with what she felt was enough experience in the ER under her belt, the 32-year-old, her restaurant server boyfriend and their two dogs left their native Wisconsin for her hospital assignments in Florida, followed by Colorado and now Arizona. With the Omicron variant pushing the nation's health care system to the brink, and staff leaving in droves du...