It is a nomadic existence and, in a pandemic, a particularly high-risk one. The nurses parachute into cities like New York, Phoenix, Los Angeles and Green Bay for weeks or months at a time, quickly learning the ways of a new hospital and trying to earn the trust of the existing staff.<\/p>\n
At the end of their shifts, they return to their temporary homes: hotels, Airbnb apartments or rented houses. Their families and friends are sometimes thousands of miles away, available only through phone calls or FaceTime.<\/p>\n
Last week in Green Bay, where the surrounding county has averaged more than 150 cases a day since late September, a team of four travel nurses worked at Bellin Hospital, grappling with the unrelenting pressure of the emergency room and a Thanksgiving holiday far from home.<\/p>\n
More than eight months into the pandemic, many travel nurses have done little else but treat Covid-19 patients.<\/p>\n
Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n One nurse traveled from one hot spot to another: New York in April, Arizona in July and Wisconsin in October. https:\/\/t.co\/aTmDii9WOq<\/a><\/p>\n — Julie Bosman (@juliebosman) December 3, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \n