Temporary staffing agencies helped with shortages during the pandemic, but providers and others say the high cost destabilizes health care
February 23, 2023
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Kevin Heinrich, a licensed practical nurse, at a workstation at Mirabella Portland’s skilled nursing facility on Feb. 13, 2023. Nurses and other health care workers have become increasingly hard to find after the pandemic.
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Before the pandemic, Sharon Van Eaton recalls thinking of health care staffing agencies as a “cuss word.”
