ECU Health in Greenville, N.C., has developed its own internal travel nurse staffing agency, according to a May 30 news release.
The program has hired more than 500 individuals since its inception with 89 percent who have decided to extend their temporary assignments. It is marketed as a "workforce opportunity that combines the freedom of travel nursing with the stability of a local staff position."
"For an organization of our size to develop its own staffing agency is significant in the innovation of nursing care and staffing hospitals," Dennis Campbell, the interim president of ECU Health Beaufort Hospital, said in a statement.
Editor's note: This article was updated May 31 at 3:30 p.m. CT.