Dum, du dum, dum DUM...........

[roser13]

I posted recently that 2 out of 4 hospital systems in my city had laid off hundreds of employees. Yesterday, the 3rd system announced its several-hundred lay-offs/attrition.

Just waiting for the announcement from my system. We're the last one standing......

[ChristineN, BSN, RN]

But just so you know, your current plenitude of patients is NOT the national norm. And it may well change in short order.

I tend to think with the affordable care act more people are going to be utilizing healthcare services, making the demand for hospitals and nurses go up. I think many hospitals will do anything they can to cut corners and then just blame it on the affordable care act.

[OCNRN63, RN]

A lot of it was ancillary and they are offering early retirement. No essential people were let go from CCF. Our hospital did a massive lay off last year. LPN's we're let go as were ancillary.

If you need your job, you're "essential." at least in your own eyes. I dislike the attitude of, "Pfft...they were just 'ancillary staff.'" We need those "ancillary personnel" to help us do our jobs. We're all in this together.

[xoemmylouox, ASN, RN]

I tend to think with the affordable care act more people are going to be utilizing healthcare services, making the demand for hospitals and nurses go up. I think many hospitals will do anything they can to cut corners and then just blame it on the affordable care act.

I agree.