Barnes & Pledger, Inc. was formed out of a common desire to help hospitals improve their patient care and reduce their operating costs by lowering their reliance on traveler and agency nurses. By applying best practices from other industries and applications, we believe we have created a unique alternative in recruiting professional nurses.

Our founder, Karen G. Barnes, has over 30 years of experience working as a nurse executive. She is known for building strong clinical practices, and one of the most important steps in that process is increasing the number of permanent professional staff nurses. The other members of Barnes & Pledger, Inc. have a variety of backgrounds and experience from other industries and acumen. This combination of skills and backgrounds allows us to apply creative ideas to the way recruiting can be done. While we use some proven recruiting techniques, we are not limited by the way "things are usually done" in the industry. Included in our services is a very detailed and specific market research process to pinpoint where the most desirable nurse candidates are located throughout the US and abroad.

We focus only on high volume nurse search and approach staff nurses much as we would executives, treating the candidates as valued professionals. We go the extra mile in helping to remove barriers faced during the relocation process. We specialize in finding nurses in other parts of the country, freeing up the internal recruiting staff to focus on the local market. We always strive to do what is best for our client, which includes minimizing the time requirements of client personnel. It requires a great deal of time and care to conduct recruiting in this manner, but it well worth it for both our client and the nurses we help settle into their new professional homes.