In this episode, Dr. Knight is joined with Karina Hurley, RN, BSN, the co-owner of STAT RN, a nurse staffing agency, which assists healthcare organizations in bringing competent, dependable, compassionate and experienced nurses to the bedside.  In this discussion both talk about the dynamics of nurse staffing and the critical issues of patient quality and safety secondary to the dramatic expansion of healthcare demands. Nurse staffing agencies have a unique niche that is predicted to have exponential growth to offset critical concerns of  nurse turnover, the nursing shortage and nurse retirements.  What is critical is that greater strides be taken to erase the stereotypes that were once associated with contract or temporary nurses. Travel or temporary nurses will be profoundly needed secondary to the nursing shortage crisis as trends show this sector will grow exponentially to fill the gaps.