Nurses Fired From Vanguard Hospitals

October, so far at least 4 nurses, including yours truly, have been fired from this Vanguard operated facility in Orange County. They site that we were inciting insubordination in expressing our concerns to Administration when we discovered they were encouraging the CNA's to sign letters of resignation as they plan to eventually dissolve this position altogether. THANK YOU SPACE NURSE for your post about the seminar provided to hospital officials that was reported in the California Nurses Association website.

As predicted, this hospital group is indeed following instructions outlined in the seminar: Close beds and cry wolf, Attack RN practice, Erode the ratios at the bedside, subvert the DHS and Cover tracks. It was interesting to note that further research indicated that several of our admin attended this seminar and are in full swing! No wonder I got the cold spin when I contacted DHS to complain! SPACE, any suggestions? I am willing to stand in front of these facilities with a huge banner if I though it would protect 1 patient or help to secure jobs.