Veterans Affairs Hired More Nurses During Initial COVID-19 Days For Nurse Travel Corps

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced that they had hired a total of 88 additional nursing staff members during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). In March 2020, VA’s Office of Nursing Services (ONS) and Workforce Management and Consulting Office (WMC) worked together to conduct more than 2,300 screenings and interviews for nursing staff. As a result, they hired 67 registered nurses, 15 nurse practitioners, three nursing assistants, two student nurse technicians, and one certified registered nurse anesthetist.

The new nursing staff were assigned to high-need areas as part of the Travel Nurse Corps . . .