As Georgia’s COVID-19 Hospitalizations Rise, Travel Nurses In High Demand

Surging hospitalizations are straining health care systems around the country.

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As the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations is rising again in Georgia, travel nurses are in high demand. Also, respiratory-type nurses, capable of taking care of coronavirus patients.

That’s according to Chris Eales, the CEO of Premier Healthcare Professionals, a nurse staffing firm based in Cumming, Georgia.

He told WABE’s “All Things Considered” host Jim Burress that it’s been a demanding and chaotic past 9 months, and he’s concerned about the number of nurses available to fight another wave of outbreaks in Georgia.