Why We Were Excited About the Temp Nurse Staffing Market — but Ultimately Decided Not to Pursue It
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Temporary nurse staffing at hospitals happens in broadly two forms: <strong>per diem</strong> (<em>by shift / day</em>) and <strong>travel</strong> (<em>longer assignments; usually over multiple weeks, and could be out of the clinician’s hometown/home state</em>). More than a year prior to diving into the healthcare staffing space, my team had won the Cedars-Sinai Techstars hackathon for our on-demand per diem nurse staffing idea/prototype (2nd place by the judges, and 1st place in the audience vote!). Fast forward to Summer 2017, when me and my cofounder got busy researching the market, got initially excited about entering it, but ultimately chose otherwise.