Is anyone else feeling the effect of this economy in your job?

this is true...i am glad to still have a job and I have been applying everywhere for a prn job just to have on the side to make up the difference but no luck..got several calls but thats it. no interviews...nothing yet. Its frustrating. I have seen in the news that they say that jobs are picking up but where????? mexico? guatamala? china? Im not seeing anything here. probably 85 % of my town is unemployed right now. No jobs, No insurance, some of them dont even get food stamps, medicaid or nothing if they are drawing unemployment. Ive been cutting back on every thing that I possibly can to save money. Ive already made 10000 less than what i made at work this time last year. In 08 I was constantly pulling double shifts b/c there was so many nurses on the night shift calling out all the time. Mgmt is always on us about the BUDGET BUDGET BUDGET.....yet....this past w/end....we were out of alot of otc meds like immodium, oscal, iron, tavist, eye drops, and briefs for the incontinent patients. Its insane!

Well...the verdict just came in...my sister in law is in upper management at a hospital...she is an RN, BSN with a bunch of other long titles too long to name....she was just told that at the end of this year she will no longer have a job there because the hospital is going to probably cut out her position. She does some kind of employee health management stuff. She took a huge paycut to go work there from a different hospital...over 10000 dollar paycut and now wont have a job. My search for a prn job has fell through the cracks as well. I was pretty sure I had the job at one place....but after they told me they were going to call me back for orientation.....havent heard from them since...so i guess its a no go. Sigh.....