Gov. Cuomo has called on former nurses and doctors to rejoin the work force, offering accelerated 're-certification on an emergency basis' so they can assist with pandemic response.
Michael Fazio, the CEO of Prime Staffing, an agency that recruits nurses for major hospitals across the country, said that the demand for nurses is unprecedented. Hospitals and other health care facilities sometimes hire nurses on short term contracts to cover seasonal or other temporary staffing issues through companies like his.
Fazio told NBC News that demand for nurses is currently about 20 times that of this time last year, and continues to grow every day.The rising need for"crisis" staffing nurses has prompted rising salaries - experienced nurses can now expect wages twice as high as pre-coronavirus rates, with nurses now making $100 an hour or more in some areas.
“We need them - you know, these are the troops. This is the war we're battling, these are the troops. We need [nurses] there to help with patient care.” Fazio told NBC News. “I usually would take the subway or the bus to get into work," said Jessica Gonzalez, an ICU nurse in New York City who has been taking the car service offered by Fazio's company."That eliminates all of those 50 to, I don't know, even 100 people I could possibly come in contact with. And it narrows it down to just one - my driver. That's the only person that I come in contact with.
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