How are local hospital's are doing

[Kabin]

I read an article on yahoo finance about hospital struggles related to the economy and credit problems. How much worse does it need to be before progressing beyond hiring freezes and nurse call offs?

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/081227/meltdown_hospitals.html

[Kabin]

http://www.azcentral.com/business/news/articles/2009/01/14/20090114biz-banner0115.html

Banner Health on Wednesday said that it will lay off 334 employees in Arizona as it seeks to navigate the tough economy, another sign that the recession is spilling over to health care.

The layoffs represents slightly less than 1 percent of Banner's overall workforce of about 35,000, and the job cuts are a combination of management, administrative and clinical staff.

[mzloco]

Just curious to see who Banner actually laid off???

[madwife2002, BSN, RN]

In JCL network they are cutting hours from the secretaries down to 3x 8 hour shifts and no other work is offered. In the ER the techs are having 1 hour cut off their working day. There is a job freeze. The situation is dire

[Calzonan RN]

It's not all bad everywhere. Where I work I"m still picking up at least one extra shift a week, and they're still paying double time for it. We've been unusually busy lately, and this is usually OUR slow season. Summer L&D is really busy, but during the holidays it typically slows down. Not so right now, we're doing about the same number of births as we did during the summer. Last summer was slower than '07 though, probably due to the E-verify program, that's what's been speculated at least, but we're busy enough to keep all of us working. We have a new grad who was just hired, but she's externed in our dept for a year now. Flexibility is the key as a new grad. You may not get the area you want at this time, but just get your foot in the door. Once you prove yourself it's easier to move to a dept you really want. Hospitals like to keep their good employees. As a student if you can find an extern position somewhere it'll be easier to get hired once you graduate.

Good luck,

[island40]

Is the hospital in sodona still there (Wilcox or something- there is a park with hot springs- haven't been there in over a decade.) How about SEAMC? Are it's doors still open?

[Hoozdo, ADN]

Is the hospital in sodona still there (Wilcox or something- there is a park with hot springs- haven't been there in over a decade.) How about SEAMC? Are it's doors still open?

There is not any hospital in Sedona, only an ER and outpatient oncology center that are tied to Verde Valley Medical Center in Cottonwood. The ER ships any pts that need hospitalization to Cottonwood. They are all affiliated with Northern Arizona Healthcare.

I have never heard of a SEAMC.

[island40]

South East Arizona Medical Center- the small hospital in Douglas. It was on the verg of closing for years before I moved away. Safford used to have a small rural hospital too. I guess the Regional Medical Center in Sierra Vista has grown to take a lot of those patients.

[dorimar, BSN, RN]

my facility just became Banner this September. We were told that we would be brought up to the Banner wage range. Instead, they did bring the range up, but did not give it to any of us currently working there (except those making below the minimum like new grads). Consequently, anyone coming new to my facility with my same years of experience will be making more than me--quite honorable of Banner in these trying times..... \

We heard word last week about the 335 some odd lay offs. I thought this included managers after consolidating units. However, my sister-in-law is a recruiter for a valley hospital (not Banner) and tells me she talked to a pre-op Banner RN nurse last week that was layed off from Banner with no notice whatsoever. I was extremely shocked to find that clinical RNs were being laid off. She tells me that they are being flooded with nursing applications. Many of her applicants are registry nurses looking for staff positions because they cannot get hours. She also tells me that the new grad applications were heartbreaking. She tells me that one nurse she spoke to said that there are 800 in his graduating class that are having trouble finding work. Her facility cannot hire them.

I haven't seen anything like this since the 1980's when I was a new nurse! Part of it is I think the AZ nursing market has become flooded by travelors that came for the climate and stayed--can't blame them. It is something I never thought I would see...

[cardiacRN2006, ADN, RN]

Layoffs of clinical staff at my (non-banner) hosptial, and a hiring freeze.

Crap.