Perspectives

Inpatient care will always remain a focus of healthcare’s staffing challenges. But the next hiring boom is just as likely to strike beyond the hospital’s walls, whether it’s a shopping-plaza clinic...

Best known as the home of the University of Alabama, the city of Tuscaloosa has a lot more to offer travel healthcare professionals than just college-town energy. The nearby Black Warrior River,...

For travel nurses and allied health professionals, Des Moines offers an appealing combination of professional opportunity, affordability, and an unexpectedly active lifestyle. As Iowa’s capital and...

By Mary Hamilton, MSN, RN, NE-BC Vice President of Clinical Workforce Solutions, Prolink Clinical float pools are one of the most effective tools in a nursing executive's staffing toolbelt. Done...

By Mary Hamilton, MSN, RN, NE-BC Vice President of Clinical Workforce Solutions, Prolink There’s no getting around it: schedule flexibility is one of the biggest drivers of clinician satisfaction...

There is not one right answer for the best contingent staffing channel. Ask which channel is cheapest for a specific shift, on a specific unit, with a specific level of local labor supply, and the...

If your hospital system plans to cut staffing agency spend this in 2026, you're in the majority. 70% say it’s time. They said it last year, too.  Per a 2026 NSI report, 70.7% of hospitals now plan...

Welcome to the first edition of our Event Roundup series! In each monthly edition, you’ll find more information about the in-person events, conferences, and gatherings our team will be attending...

According to NSI’s National Health Care Retention & RN Staffing Report, hospitals hired approximately 385,000 nurses in 2024. On the surface, that statistic looks positive for a profession...

Nurse leaders are carrying a great deal right now, and one of the hardest parts is making decisions without a clear view of what is really happening in the workforce. You can see the vacancies,...