Comment on Nursing has become a new frontier for gig work, and it's creating the same issues that Uber drivers face

Some nurses are turning to gig work apps to find shifts at hospitals and other medical facilities.Joe Raedle / GettyGig work has expanded to include nurses at hospitals and medical facilities, per a new report.Many nurses who work this way face challenges similar to Uber drivers, the report found.Nursing represents a high-stakes use case of gig work apps, one of the researchers said.Gig work has expanded to the nurses who care for patients in hospitals and care homes — and it's coming with some of the same challenges that delivery and rideshare contractors have already pointed to, according to a new report.Apps like CareRev, Clipboard Health, and ShiftKey have taken an approach similar to the one companies like Uber and Instacart have used to build up their workforces, and applied it to nursing at hospitals, care homes, and other medical facilities.But the report, which the Roosevelt Institute released a summary of this week, found that medical facilities often turn to gig nursing services as a way to cut expenses, especially under the tutelage of private equity firms.Medical professionals on the apps, which the report collectively calls "Uber for Nursing," also face many of the same issues that other gig workers do, from low pay to having their accounts on the platforms deactivated with little or no explanation.The apps make pitches that are attractive to the nurses themselves, Katie Wells, a senior Fellow at think tank Groundwork Collaborative and one of the report's authors, told Business Insider in an interview.