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  • I had a very sturdy, energetic dog who loved chasing a thrown ball. He was tied to a long rope (about 100 feet). I did not pay attention to where the rope was and threw the ball and he exploded from my side and flew like a rocket after the ball. The rope, unfortunately, was tied to a tree in the direction I was throwing but was curled behind me. I was wearing shorts and as the rope started to be pulled away, it pulled up against both of my calves and abraded all of the skin from the backs of my legs away in a moment, and then the rope was pulled taught, deftly swiping both of my legs out from underneath me, dropping me backwards onto my head on a stone patio, splitting my scalp and spraying blood all over my white canvas outdoor furniture. The dog looked very proud for catching the ball when he loped up to me afterwards.














  • I know this industry and this article is very misleading. These companies do not use credit rating or debt to determine shift availability or wages. The article just says they “could” while claiming the criteria are opaque. They are not. They all have documentation that describes how rates are set. What’s more, many states set minimum rates for these jobs. The “algorithm” for setting the pay rate are based on bonuses given for nurses that are willing to work multiple shifts at the same location specifically to encourage facility affinity to support continuity of care or to ensure coverage during holidays, weekends, etc.

    Most of these platforms do have live interviews in addition to background check, credential verification with state boards, and vaccination verification. Onboarding to a facility is accomplished with online learning courses for fire and safety, floor procedures, and care plans. Per diem nurse agencies have existed for decades to deal with variability in patient census and uncertainty around schedule has been a part of that since the beginning and is not unique to digital agencies.

    It does not put negative pressure on wages for full time employees and no facility would fill a shift with an agency nurse instead of with a full time nurse because the full time nurse costs less. These agencies are only used when there aren’t a sufficient number of full time nurses on staff to meet patient/staff ratios, which is often. Every single facility that uses an agency has openings for full time nurses that they struggle to fill.