Healthcare added 34K jobs in March as temp nursing demand wanes

Hospitals may be catching a break from labor woes, with new data showing employment growth and declining demand for contract labor.

• Healthcare job growth continued to climb in March with the industry adding 34,000 jobs last month, according to a report released from the Bureau of Labor Statistics on April 7.
• The job growth is lower than the six-month average monthly job gain of 54,000 in healthcare. Home health services and hospitals recorded the most gains, adding 15,000 and 11,000 jobs, respectively.
• The BLS report comes as demand for temporary nurses declines with median rates of temp staff billing down, according to a report out last week from Jefferies.
  
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