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Laid off RNs?

Hello everyone! I always see articles saying that an RN job is recession-proof at these tough economic times. I was just curious, are there any RNs here who have actually experienced being laid off recently due to the current state of the economy? (I'm not talking about new graduates who couldn't find jobs or RNs who couldn't find jobs or RNs who had their hours cut or those that are frequently cancelled. Instead, I'm curious if there are RNs who were actually laid off).

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    No one I've heard about.

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    not me or any of my nurse friends

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    There were some nurses laid off in the summer from the hospital where I work. They were nurses who helped with admits/discharges and transported pts to procedures on monitors. It was sad!

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    When I was with Public Health, there were lay offs. I left there because I was going to lose my job. At the facility I am at now, some nurses were shuffled a little, very minimal but I have learned nursing is not recession proof.

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    A couple of the big academic hospitals laid off their NPs in Chicago.

    Our hospital laid off the lactation nurse clinicians. And they are firing RNs for the smallest infraction lately....one floor had 5 RNs fired in the last month.

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    I've seen more of the ancillary personel laid off in which the nurses had to pick up thier task. Also the local hospitals in my area choose to give the nurses a 15% pay cut in lieu of layoffs and also cut benefits. Employer I was at stopped giving paid holidays and cut our health insurance benefits and increased our premiums.

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    they fired LPN's at one hospital in my city .. but then hired new grad RN's in their place....

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    A large teaching hospital got rid of all the nurses involved in staff education.

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    A couple of the big academic hospitals laid off their NPs in Chicago.

    Our hospital laid off the lactation nurse clinicians. And they are firing RNs for the smallest infraction lately....one floor had 5 RNs fired in the last month.

    Yes, I've met several nurses in this area that have been fired or "let go." I would imagine that this would never have occured in recent past years.

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    A couple of the big academic hospitals laid off their NPs in Chicago.

    Our hospital laid off the lactation nurse clinicians. And they are firing RNs for the smallest infraction lately....one floor had 5 RNs fired in the last month.

    Same at my hospital, although at the end of October, some were let go as well--part timers, student interns, and positions not deemed necessary by admin. Now everyone is scared, not many willing to rock the boat for fear of what could happen next, myself included!

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