Nurses General Nursing
Published Nov 22, 2009
2bTraumaRN2008
293 Posts
Just wondering if everyone across the board is suffering from "low census?" We dropped in the summer which is typical, but it has not picked up one bit......2-3 nurses being called off daily. Wondering if it's economy related???
I feel like I need to look for a new job, but I'm afraid it's everywhere...
Any thoughts/comments are appreciated.
Tweety, BSN, RN
34,333 Posts
The same here on the west coast of Florida. Usually things start to pick up by now but it's slow. The bean counters are not amused and times are scarey. Hopefully in January when our "season" really picks up we'll see an upswing.
Yes, times are very scarey..I have friends in Jersey who state there have already been layoffs at some hospitals up there..I'm afraid it may come to that here in VA. Staff are running out of APL/vacation and can not afford to take time off without pay either, hmmm...
brent0709rn
16 Posts
same here in texas..
86toronado, BSN, RN
1 Article; 528 Posts
Wow! It's not that way for us in NY! We had a lot of low census days over the summer... to the point where I purposely saved several of my personal days just in case I got called off (I was orienting this summer, so no call offs for me while on orientation). But it's picked right back up for us, and with icy winter weather coming, I'm sure we'll have no shortage of patients for the foreseeable future (work on a neuro unit-lots of subdural/subarachnoid hematomas in the winter)
blondy2061h, MSN, RN
1 Article; 4,094 Posts
No, it's been a freakin' zoo with the hospital running out of beds some days. I'm called IN but have yet to be called OFF.
babyNP., APRN
1,922 Posts
Nope, we have had to hire a ton of travel nurses and our manager just hired another dozen people...
NeoNurseTX, RN
1,803 Posts
Nope, using travelers and agency and still have days we are short. Some days we call off some travelers though.
ScoopsPerson
27 Posts
I work on a Med/Surg Floor at a VA Hospital in Missouri...we are packed and having to send patients to other hospitals because our beds are full. It has been this way for over 9 months. Insane!
sunnycalifRN
902 Posts
We had a couple of slow weeks but overall, it's been hella busy with OT available (VA in SF Bay area)
meluhn
661 Posts
I was cancelled twice this week due to low census (NJ). People often put off elective surgery until after the holidays so we are getting the worst of the worst these days acuity wise.
We're averaging ppl being called off twice a week...I'm originally from NJ and have heard that some hospitals in Central Jersey have laid ppl off. I'm afraid we're gonna come to that or furloughs...This is in central Virginia...kind of scary...I think alot has to do with the economy and people not having health insurance....their putting things off until they are desparate...