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Workplace toxicity can arise anywhere, and healthcare facilities are not immune to toxic hospital culture. A close cousin of burnout, toxicity isn’t always easy to spot. If a hospital work environment has institutional problems that make it hard to do your job or are harmful to your health, you’re in […]

Did you know that 39.4% of locum NPs surveyed in Barton’s 2022 Locum NP Covid-19 Experience Survey said that they first got into locum tenens because a friend, coworker, or another locum tenens provider recommended it to them? Our 2022 NP Covid-19 Experience survey asked more than 280 locum tenens […]

Admission to a nurse practitioner (NP) program is competitive. NP program class sizes are generally small and typically only admit between 10 to 15 students each year.However, interest in the programs are high. It is not unusual for an NP program to receive one hundred or more applications for those […]

Transaction Bolsters Barton’s Ability to Meet Fast-Rising Demand for Locum Tenens Support Driven by Aging Population, Healthcare Staffing Shortage, and Cost Effectiveness of Temporary Staff Barton Associates (“Barton”), a leading healthcare staffing company focused on locum tenens, with additional capabilities in travel nursing, allied healthcare, and government-related medical staffing markets, […]

Have you ever considered working as a nurse practitioner in a correctional facility or jail?  Here’s an hour-by-hour run-down of what it’s like to be a travel correctional nurse practitioner. Prison Nurse Practitioner Day in the Life: Morning 6:30 a.m.: I get dressed for work. When you work in a […]

Having officially entered the Fall season, everyone seems to be cleaning out their closets and filling them  back up with warmer gear for the cold months. With all of the holidays for giving coming up right around the corner, the Barton Healthcare Staffing Social Committee thought up an idea to […]

Barton Healthcare Staffing, a leading specialty travel nurse and travel allied health staffing firm, celebrates first year at their West Palm Beach, FL, location. Headquartered in Peabody, MA, Barton Healthcare Staffing (BHS) expanded their office and footprint in September of 2021 by moving into the top floor of their parent […]

Physician assistant leadership is far too uncommon in the healthcare world. PA leadership roles are hard to come by — but why? Are PAs less qualified to be healthcare leaders? How can PAs be leaders in healthcare? The answer is more complicated than you probably imagine. Physician Assistant Leadership: Not […]