Staffing concerns over state nursing contracts ending mid-May WebXtra: Nursing contracts By Donna McCollum | April 14, 2021 at 3:55 PM CDT - Updated April 14 at 8:13 PM NACOGDOCHES, Texas (KTRE) - âItâs creating a staffing crisis.â thatâs what a state contract nurse from Longview says about state nursing contracts ending on May 15. Intensive care unit numbers have fewer COVID-19 cases, but the census is still fluctuating. Soon rural hospitals will have trouble caring for the very sick. ICU visiting nurse Heather Curtis is a state contract nurse from Hawaii. She hosts a party to say thank you to the Memorial Hospital staff sheâs worked beside since July.