Juan Valadez wants to make sure his son, Juan Jr., knows his dad is by his side in Las Palmas Medical Center's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), an HCA Healthcare-affiliated facility. The El Paso, Texas father had played the guitar for mom and baby throughout her pregnancy. Valadez says, “The moment I started to play, he started smiling and moving.”
Topics: Healthcare
As fall comes into full swing, we want to help you understand your fall respiratory symptoms (fever, dry cough, aches & pains, and more) and see if they are common with conditions such as the flu, seasonal allergies, the common cold or COVID-19. Take a look below to learn more!
Topics: Healthcare, Fall Respiratory Symptoms
With 2021 right around the corner, many travelers are already finalizing their travel plans for the new year. However, as a travel nurse with the ability to explore assignments all across the nation, it can be difficult to decide which location is the best to travel to. No need to worry! We have put together five of the most popular destinations that HealthTrust Travel Nurses are planning to explore in 2021.
Topics: Travel Nursing, Top Destinations
The latest Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) 2020 Hiring Situation revealed that 661,000 jobs were created during the month of September. The unemployment rate edged down to 7.9% last month. Bars and restaurants added the most jobs in September (200,000), followed by retail, health care and white-collar businesses. The U.S. has recovered about 11.4 million jobs since the recovery got underway in May.
Topics: Jobs Report
This professional recognition program celebrates the most innovative and effective learning programs to train, upskill, and reskill temporary and contract employees across the U.S. Awards and honorable mention distinctions are conferred in award classes by company revenue.
We are pleased to announce that our StaRN and StarTECH programs were honored with a 2020 American Staffing Association ELEVATE Award. This national awards program recognizes the most innovative and effective work-based learning programs to train, upskill, and reskill temporary and contract employees.
Topics: Healthcare, HealthTrust Workforce Solutions, Elevate Award
Here is a personal story from one of our own HWS team members. Read as he shares his experience being the recipient of care at an HCA Healthcare facility where we truly care like family.
"I am writing this as a gesture of gratitude toward some truly exceptional people. I am 4 weeks past the most challenging, life-changing experience of my life.
Topics: Healthcare, HCA Healthcare, HealthTrust Workforce Solutions
Linda Julia is our Regional Vice President for the state of Florida. She started her career with HCA Healthcare at Plantation General Hospital, where she worked for 20 years first as a bedside nurse and then as a director.
“I’ve always been interested in healthcare,” Linda says about her decision to become a nurse. “When I was in high school, my mom took me and some friends to volunteer at the local VA hospital, and I just knew that I wanted to help people for a living."
The Baltimore native would go on to join the administrative team at new healthcare staffing agency — an HCA subsidiary known as All About Staffing. This company would later become HealthTrust Workforce Solutions, an industry leader in both healthcare recruitment and MSP offerings.
Topics: Healthcare, HealthTrust, Healthcare Recruitment, Employee Spotlight
Imagine you are a new graduate RN contemplating that first step in your patient career. Like swimming, should you dive into the deep end of the pool now with all the fear and anxiety associated with it? Or should you try shallow water, continuing your learning process through program classes tailored to your needs and interests, ensuring your development and growth in a specialty you will love?
Topics: Healthcare, StaRN, Health & Safety
Although the 2020-2021 school year looks quite different this year, our team members across the country still celebrated this memorable milestone and shared photos of their children's first day Back to School. Check out their smiling faces below!
Topics: HealthTrust Workforce Solutions
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) August 2020 Hiring Situation, nearly 1.4 million jobs were added to payrolls last month as the economic recovery continues on. The unemployment rate also continued to decline, dipping to 8.4% in August from 10.2% in July. These improvements in the labor market reflect the continued resumption of economic activity that had been curtailed due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and efforts to contain it.
Topics: Jobs Report, Coronavirus
