Any one getting down sized yet?

fungirl · Jul 15, 2009, 02:16 AM

Re: Any one getting down sized yet?

Originally Posted by Qwiigley

I'm interested in any CRNAs who are getting laid off or downsized.
UCLA in Los Angeles made the new hire CRNAs go down to ICU nursing with the promise to be the first to go back into the OR as CRNAs.
This is a BIG DEAL.
I'm wondering who else this is happening to.

Are these CRNA's actually going to the ICU to work or finding work elsewhere???

That is just crazy!!!! Almost 3 yrs. of hell just to find myself back in the ICU, I would have a bit of a breakdown!!!

dive.princess · Jul 19, 2009, 08:42 PM

Re: Any one getting down sized yet?

Qwiigley,
I can't speak for CA......

I live in Michigan, and there has not been "downsizing"--but less overtime, and sending CRNAs home on light days when the cases wrap up early.

I will be graduating soon, and the staff CRNAs shake their heads and tell me there are no jobs in SE Michigan, that I will have to travel elsewhere to get a job, because hospitals do not want to hire new grads. Not exactly the ray of sunshine I am looking for, after all the burdens of school!!

Of course, Michigan has ~15% unemployment with the auto companies going under, so a lot of elective surgeries and procedures (like endoscopies) are down and census hospital-wide is down. Again, they haven't laid off any nurses, but they just aren't hiring.

Not sure if this directly addresses your original post.....

Good luck!

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