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Hospital systems are creating their own staffing agencies as a cheaper alternative to temp and travel nurses

Nurse American Hospital Association Atlanta Piedmont

person in scrubs wearing mask and face shield (Credit: ER Productions Limited—DigitalVision/Getty Images)

Like many nurses these days, Alex Scala got a big pay hike when she switched jobs recently.

Scala also received a welcome mix of assignments when she joined Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Health Network. She signed on with a newly created team that works shifts in various units within the system’s 14 hospitals.

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