Hiring freezes, cut backs?

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I work in Florida and several hospitals including the one I work for have institued hiring freezes and are initiating cut backs due to the low census we are having in Florida. Are other areas of the country having this issue? Are you having overcensus issues in your area for this time of year? Thanks for responding.

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wow,

here in OH freezes are normal, more time of the year spent in freezes than hiring.

i'm really dissapointed to hear larger states with this problem, as i am planning on moving out of state in the next few years, and i always heard about shortages in states like FLA, NY, Ca, etc.

anyone not seen this prob? and where?

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Specializes in Telemetry.

I am a new nurse in Saint Louis. I have been sent home/told not to come in 3 times in the last month. We have had low census since I was hired on....Like I was wondering why they even hired me or the other 3 nurses that started with me, but apparently this is a new thing.

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Specializes in Psychiatry.
I'm in Ohio. One of our city's hospital's is laying off. Our hospital has a freeze on hiring and educational spending. Construction and CEO bonuses are going full tilt, though.

Same here in MA. Plenty of new construction but at the same time

talk of a RIF in certain parts of the hospital.

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Specializes in ED.

In Central New York we are hiring. Every hospital in the area is hurting for nurses. There are quite a few overtime slots available at my facility. I always save some of my time off for end of the year low census, but it doesn't look like that will happen anytime soon. I haven't been called off for low census in probably close to 9 months.

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Specializes in Psychiatry.
In Central New York we are hiring. Every hospital in the area is hurting for nurses. There are quite a few overtime slots available at my facility. I always save some of my time off for end of the year low census, but it doesn't look like that will happen anytime soon. I haven't been called off for low census in probably close to 9 months.

I did apply at Albany Medical Center but will have to decide if the cut in pay plus travel is a good move right now.

I was working a shift last night and 2.5 hrs into the shift management

calls me and tells me they need me to leave. They have too many

nurses on, they can replace me with a therapist (work in psych). :(

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some of the state hospitals have had a hiring freeze

in this area you do not have a large influction during winter months and the census remains much the same except for holiday periods

i don't know any nurses who want a job that does not have one

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This is what has happened to me. I went on an interview. I got offered same rate as the place I am employed at now. I was happy with that because the third shift differentials were 7 dollars instead of 2.50 . I job shadowed and then emailed the lady saying I wanted the position. She emailed back and said the Hosp put a hiring freeze and she would contact me when its done. I was unbelieving until I heard from a few others who worked there saying there was in fact a hiring freeze.

I also heard that the lady emaield the girl i shadowed asking how it went and she said nothing but great things. So Why am i still worried? I want this job BIG time. The shift diff and all the benefits are alot better and I thought I had it until this speedbump. I guess I am just bummed out because i really want out of my current :bluecry1:job

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Just wondering if there is any possiblity that the freezes are related to losses in investments as opposed to patients census.

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In Alabama we have had some cut backs as well. I know of one hospital that has instituted a hiring freeze and is also cutting jobs. The jobs that are being cut are not in patient care areas though. What I heard was the "paper pushers" are the ones at risk of losing their jobs. From what I understand it's not a matter of having a low census, but more the fact that the hospital has been in financial trouble for a while, but keeps spending money. Also another hospital closed down recently, but I believe that was due to the fact they had very few patients throughout the hospital.

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I just talked to my Mom, who is a hospice nurse in Vegas. She said that her hospice is requiring that all of the nurses volunteer to not come in at least one of their shifts per pay period. I'm not anywhere near there (I'm in NC), but this is truly scary to me, considering that I am currently trying to pursue a second degree in nursing. I was under the impression that this was an "economy proof" job. They are telling her it has to do with patient census, but I have a hard time believing that is all that it is....has to be linked with the economy somehow, I'm sure.

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Specializes in Burn, CCU, CTICU, Trauma, SICU, MICU.

traveler and float pool checking in here!

the units have their based staff, then unit based travelers, THEN me!

*and* low census. they have been cancelling the float pool every chance they get.

the unit manager made an order to cancel "all travelers" each shift that they can and even their staff are running out of vacation days to make their bills!

times are rough!!

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hospitals are going to always need nurses, i just really hope this "recession" doesn't get deep enough to really hurt budgets in Local and state hospitals

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