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summary of In normal times, there are some fifty thousand travelling nurses in the United States. Most are full-time gig workers who move from job to job, usually staying in one place for thirteen weeks. (That length is a holdover from old maternity-leave policies for nurses; the staffing industry evolved, in part, to fill such gaps.) According to Nazem, travelling nurses generally fit two profiles. One group consists of early-career nurses who want to acquire a range of clinical experiences—academic, urban, rural—and to travel the country. Another includes nurses at the end of their careers: “They say, ‘Hey, the kids are out of the house. I’d like to make some extra money. Wouldn’t it be fun to go to Alaska for the summer?’ ” The pandemic has diversified the pool. Severe staff shortages have brought more nurses into the travelling workforce. Many clinicians, especially those with critical-care training, feel an obligation to help. But, because demand has far outpaced supply, pay for travelling nurses has also skyrocketed. “Traditional nurses look around and say, ‘Hey, that travelling nurse is making double what I am,’ ” Nazem said. Before the pandemic, hospitals might have offered a travelling nurse seventy-five dollars an hour;
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