Sandra Richardson, who has been a nurse for more than two decades, is a relatively new member of the larger Burlington community. She said she fell in love with the area for two reasons: “(I fell in love with) the people and the weather, other than winter. I love spring, summer and autumn,” she said. Norsing brought the South Carolina native to Burlington in December 2020, when she joined in to work as a travel nurse at UVM Medical Center. “I was ready to go back to South Carolina,” she said, but she loved working in the hospital’s neurology clinic so much that she decided to stay permanently. “Why did you choose to stay?” she said. Richardson is one of about 20 traveling nurses who recently decided to become a permanent member of the UVM Medical Center team during a time when staffing and retaining staff is a challenge for hospitals across the country. The hospital said it has 427 A travel nurse, with approximately 250 permanent jobs at any one time. The hospital said there is some overlap between those two numbers, as travel nurses are temporarily filling some of the open positions. “Mobile nurses have an interesting group of nurses. They’ve been trained, and they’re already here, and they’re getting to know us, said Mary Broadworth, of UVM Medical Center. They work with us and we encourage them to stay.” UVM Medical Center spends tens of millions of dollars on travel nurses who are paid significantly more than their permanent counterparts, so moving mobile nurses willing to remain in permanent positions is a win-win for the hospital, UVM Medical Center takes Also other unique steps to get people to work there, such as building 61 housing units for the workforce, since finding where we live is often a deal-breaker for potential new employees.” I am still with his teammates who have been here for a long time,” said Al Jubaili, Executive Vice President of Operations at UVM Medical Center and want to focus on hiring permanent team members and doing business. “I see the need to bring more nurses into the profession,” Richardson said. Although Richardson has cut wages. To stay in the hospital permanently, she believes it is worth it for a more stable lifestyle, she is on her way to completing her Ph.D. and hopes to educate the next generation of nurses, and she is also using her management experience to help hire more workers She said, “I hope I can of helping make a difference for someone else,” and she hopes her story will inspire other female travel nurses to stay in Burlington for longer, especially since her story has a happy ending. She has recently married the love of her life and is excited to write her next chapter in Vermont. “I will continue to spread the word out there that Vermont is a great place to live and that UVM Medical Center is the hospital,” she said.
Sandra Richardson, who has been a nurse for more than two decades, is a relatively new member of the larger Burlington community.
She said she fell in love with the area for two reasons: “(I fell in love with) the people and the weather, other than winter. I love spring and summer and autumn.”
Nursing brought the South Carolina native to Burlington in December 2020, when she signed on to work as a travel nurse at UVM Medical Center.
“I was ready to go back to South Carolina,” she said.
But she loved working in the hospital’s neurology clinic so much that she decided to stay permanently.
“We all work as a team and it really affected why I chose to stay,” she said.
Richardson is one of about 20 traveling nurses who recently decided to become a permanent member of the UVM Medical Center team during a time when staffing and retaining staff is a challenge for hospitals across the country.
Currently, the hospital said it has 427 travel nurses, roughly 250 permanent jobs at any one time.
The hospital said there is some overlap between those two numbers, as travel nurses are temporarily filling some open positions.
said Mary Broadworth, with UVM Medical Center.
UVM Medical Center spends tens of millions of dollars on travel nurses who are paid much higher than their permanent counterparts, so relocating traveling nurses willing to remain in permanent positions is a win-win for the hospital.
UVM Medical Center is also taking other unique steps to persuade people to work there, such as building 61 housing units for the workforce, since finding a place to live is often a deal breaker for potential new employees.
“We are in a situation where we are paying a tremendous amount of money for what we think is a temporary workforce and want to focus on hiring permanent team members and doing business with colleagues who are here for the long haul,” Al said. Gobeille, executive vice president of operations at UVM Medical Center.
“I see a need to bring more nurses into the profession,” Richardson said.
Although Richardson has had her salary cut to stay in the hospital permanently, she believes it will be worth it for a more sedentary lifestyle.
She is finishing her PhD and hopes to teach the next generation of nurses.
She is also using her management experience to help recruit more hospital staff.
“I hope I can help make a difference for someone else,” she said.
She hopes her story will inspire other female nurses to stay in Burlington for longer, especially since her story has a happy ending.
She recently married the love of her life and is excited to write her next chapter in Vermont.
“I will continue to spread the word that Vermont is a great place to live and that UVM is the hospital he works for,” she said.
