You’re already well aware of the nationwide nursing shortage. In fact, this has haunted our country for decades; the U.S. has experienced nursing shortages off and on since the early 1900s and that upward trend isn’t set to stop anytime soon.
So, what is there to do to deter the shortage? How can we make a move in the right direction? What’s the solution to a nationwide problem? The answer: Teamwork. Not only do healthcare professionals, perm and traveling, need to work together to provide the highest level of patient care, but healthcare staffing agencies must also work with one another, as well as healthcare professionals.
Marketplace is a one-stop-shop for healthcare travelers to find sought-after travel assignments, book temporary housing, leave recruiter ratings and reviews, and more. With several partners, Marketplace agencies work to bridge the nursing shortage gap in the U.S. with utter transparency and travel job options around the country.
Because of the nursing shortage, travel nurses and allied healthcare professionals are more in demand than ever. You should know what to expect in a job and that’s exactly what you get when you use Marketplace to book your travel assignments.
With Marketplace, you can find a healthcare travel job that has everything you’re looking for. Because Marketplace partners with top-notch agencies around the country, your patients won’t be the only ones being taken care of—you’ll also be taken care of yourself.
Marketplace and its partner agencies work together to make the unknowns known to give you the highest level of job and pay transparency. When you use Marketplace, you’ll get the inside scoop on the:
By giving you the information you need upfront, Marketplace agencies make it that much easier for you to land a travel healthcare assignment.
Do you know how many U.S. states need healthcare professionals like yourself? Answer: A lot of them. On the whole, there are almost four million nurses in the U.S., but about 330 million Americans to care for. Plus, as the baby boomer generation continues to age and require enhanced care, the greater the need becomes for travel nurses and allied health workers. So, when it comes to where you want to go for your next travel assignment, Marketplace agencies give you the destination options you need to find the right job for you. Not only that, but it also gives you the chance to be strategic with where you take your next job. For example, consider an assignment in a state with a high nursing shortage, like California.
To help you decide where to go, check out this breakdown of the projected nursing shortage by state between 2020 and 2030:
|
State |
Nursing supply |
Nursing demand |
No. of nurses needed |
|
Alabama |
85,100 |
79,800 |
5,300 |
|
Alaska |
18,400 |
23,800 |
-5,400 |
|
Arizona |
99,900 |
98,700 |
1,200 |
|
Arkansas |
42,100 |
32,300 |
9,800 |
|
California |
343,400 |
387,900 |
-44,500 |
|
Colorado |
72,500 |
63,200 |
9,300 |
|
Connecticut |
43,500 |
40,000 |
3,500 |
|
Delaware |
14,000 |
12,800 |
1,200 |
|
District of Columbia |
8,800 |
2,300 |
6,500 |
|
Florida |
293,000 |
240,000 |
53,700 |
|
Georgia |
98,800 |
101,000 |
-2,200 |
|
Hawaii |
19,800 |
16,500 |
3,300 |
|
Idaho |
18,900 |
15,300 |
3,600 |
|
Illinois |
143,000 |
139,400 |
3,600 |
|
Indiana |
89,300 |
75,300 |
14,000 |
|
Iowa |
45,400 |
35,300 |
14,000 |
|
Kansas |
47,500 |
34,900 |
12,600 |
|
Kentucky |
64,200 |
53,700 |
10,500 |
|
Louisiana |
52,000 |
49,700 |
2,300 |
|
Maine |
21,200 |
16,500 |
4,700 |
|
Maryland |
86,000 |
73,900 |
12,100 |
|
Massachusetts |
91,300 |
89,300 |
2,000 |
|
Michigan |
110,500 |
104,400 |
6,100 |
|
Minnesota |
71,800 |
68,700 |
3,100 |
|
Mississippi |
42,500 |
35,300 |
7,200 |
|
Missouri |
89,900 |
73,200 |
16,700 |
|
Montana |
12,300 |
12,100 |
200 |
|
Nebraska |
27,700 |
21,200 |
3,500 |
|
Nevada |
33,900 |
25,800 |
8,100 |
|
New Hampshire |
21,300 |
20,200 |
1,100 |
|
New Jersey |
90,800 |
202,200 |
-11,400 |
|
New Mexico |
31,300 |
21,600 |
9,700 |
|
New York |
213,400 |
195,200 |
18,200 |
|
North Carolina |
135,100 |
118,600 |
26,500 |
|
North Dakota |
9,900 |
9,200 |
700 |
|
Ohio |
181,900 |
132,800 |
49,100 |
|
Oklahoma |
46,100 |
40,600 |
5,500 |
|
Oregon |
41,100 |
38,600 |
2,500 |
|
Pennsylvania |
168,500 |
160,300 |
8,200 |
|
Rhode Island |
15,000 |
12,500 |
2,500 |
|
South Carolina |
52,100 |
62,500 |
-10,400 |
|
South Dakota |
11,700 |
13,600 |
-1,900 |
|
Tennessee |
90,600 |
82,200 |
8,400 |
|
Texas |
252,400 |
269,300 |
-16,900 |
|
Utah |
33,500 |
29,400 |
4,100 |
|
Vermont |
9,300 |
6,800 |
2,500 |
|
Virginia |
109,200 |
22,700 |
86,500 |
|
Washington |
85,300 |
79,100 |
6,200 |
|
West Virginia |
25,200 |
20,800 |
4,400 |
|
Wisconsin |
78,200 |
72,000 |
6,200 |
|
Wyoming |
8,300 |
5,500 |
2,800 |
Search for travel nursing jobs.
Marketplace provides a space for healthcare travelers and staffing agencies to join forces and make moves to bridge the nursing shortage in the U.S. With Marketplace, you can search for healthcare jobs across multiple staffing agencies and do so all in one convenient place. You can’t fix the nursing shortage on your own. But you can work together with other healthcare professionals and staffing agencies to take large strides in the right direction.