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We polled 390 physicians, physician assistants (PAs), nurse practitioners (NPs), dentists, and certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs) in our network to hear if the pandemic influenced their decision to consider locum tenens work.

Over 49,000 people died by suicide in the United States in 2022—a harrowing reality that’s equivalent to one person lost every 11 minutes.

The locum tenens industry itself actually grew by a tremendous 17% in 2023—meaning more facilities across the country are using locum tenens providers to solve staffing shortages. 

It’s impossible to distill all the characteristics of a good NP into one article, but here are five of the top strengths and qualities that successful nurse practitioners share. 

Recent statistics released by the Women Business Collaborative and Staffing Industry Analysts show that while women represent a median 66% of internal workers at staffing firms, they represent only half of executive positions.

Around 2.3 million people who called their careers quits during the COVID-19 pandemic have gone back to work, according to the AARP.

At the core of the back and forth is the seemingly simple question: Who is a doctor?