This is the end result of agency nursing and staffing. It got a serious shot in the arm during covid as people quit and went agency since they’d make ludicrous amounts of money. They still pay more per hour than healthcare institutions pay regular staff with the caveat that most don’t offer benefits.

Like you can see in other industries where they offer a benefits package or a higher net wage it’s a thing healthcare does by outsourcing staffing.

I make a solid amount as a nurse where I work and my benefits add another like 35% more to my paycheck if you convert their contributions. We still work regularly with agency staffing because there are shortages but those shortages are that people are agency instead.

I’ve seen the apps advertised that you pick a location and a shift and just go do it and it sounds horrifying. You don’t know the patients there, the policies, the history, the team, the work culture, you just pop in one day go to another place the next day and never do anything right while the regulars have to wipe your messes.

I get that especially if you have a day where a bunch of people call off having an outside party able to fill the gaps is good. The agency staff I work with are here regularly and know the patients and team. Someone blowing through for a day might cover us for the day someone is out but it never really solves the problem, just leaves it for the next person.