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County reports decline in use of agency nurses, but long-term care reports COVID and flu cases
Summary
County staff reported a steady reduction in agency nursing contracts and described a new weekly staffing meeting; long-term care said the nursing-home census is 27 and assisted living 47 and reported one flu case and 10 resident COVID cases plus one staff case.
Rockingham County staff told commissioners on March 6 that the county’s use of agency nursing contracts has fallen in recent months after earlier pandemic-driven increases, and they described new coordination meetings intended to manage staffing more proactively.
A county staff member leading the nursing-recruitment update said the county has reduced the number of active agency contracts and has focused primary usage on a smaller set of consistent vendors (identified in discussion as L&As) that supply nurses familiar with county operations. Staff said the county had as many as 16…
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