Nursing homes have increased the number of agency nurses providing direct care nursing hours in the last five years and in one state, 86% of nursing homes were using agency staff in 2022. The study, ...

Higher proportions of agency nursing staff are associated with lower CMS star-rating scores for nursing homes, a recent study found. 1. The study, published Dec. 27 in Medical Care, analyzed data from ...

Agency nursing’s ties to staffing instability and lower nursing home quality should land it in the quality ratings mix — and provide consumers some clarity into a given facility’s dependence on ...

Some hospital administrators, many of which saw their facilities' profits shrivel during COVID, argue that contract nursing agencies are exploiting circumstances resulting from COVID-19 to pad their ...

Hospitals’ increased reliance on agency nurses and overtime shifts for in-house nurses appears to have implications for patient safety, a study published Wednesday in JAMA Network Open suggests. Among ...

In the 40 years that Jennie Kahn has worked as a registered nurse, the last two have been by far the most grueling. A lot of that is due to COVID-19, which transformed health care facilities, ...