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Specializes in ob/gyn med /surg.

the hospital i work for and the sister hospitals are feeling the pinch mrore now than ever.... one hospital in our group of 3 hospitals just laid off all the LPN's and new grad RN's. our hospital layed off unit clerks and some upper level RN's who have masters degrees , one was head of education.

the hospital i work for does not hire LPN's but we have some new grads that maybe laid off. also clinical supervisors ( charge nurses ) are being laid off or put in the LPN positions ( former LPN position s) in the other hospitals and the managers are doing the clinical supervisor jobs. .... also lots of housekeepers and dietary laid off..

how is the news in your hospitals? is there layoffs or firings? the news keeps getting worse... thank you all in advance

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Specializes in ICU/Critical Care.

Haven't heard much in my neck of the woods. One of the major trauma centers is laying off 500 people, non-clinical staff. All Staff physcians, Dept. Heads, CEOs, and anyone in management is taking a pay cut.

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we continue to hire and put to work large groups of RNs. I just attended our new grad ball, complete with waiters walking around serving appetizers and fondu fountains!

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Specializes in Critical care.

Our hospital just laid off about 100 people. No bedside nurses were laid off, however some nurse aides from dialysis and the RN in the bronch lab had their positions "eliminated." The carpentry and paint departments were eliminated and those services will be contracted out. Several high level directors and VPs were laid off, their areas of responsibility where lumped on to someone else's shoulders.

To top it all off, this Catholic hospital "eliminated" the head nun's position! WTH?!? She has been with the hospital for DECADES and I can not believe they let her go.

We got a new CEO about 2.5 yrs ago who hired a consulting group to help the hospital get its budget under control and make some money. This is the second round of layoffs in two years.

It's really sad to see all of these people go, some have been with the organization for many years. I guess they were getting too expensive. Just cements in my mind that loyalty to a company doesn't guarantee squat!

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Specializes in Community Health, Med-Surg, Home Health.

At this moment, there have been no layoffs, but what they have done is announce that there will be job freezes for 'non-essential' positions. Not sure if it would, in fact, include nursing staff at this time. This is getting scarier and scarier by the day...

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Specializes in med surg ltc psych.

It is even easier now, to lay off and freeze hiring related to the current economy. Some people still think that the nursing profession is reccession proof. NOT! Companies and corporations are looking to cut costs at any and every means possible to stay in business. Really scares me to think of the floors in these hospitals with nurses and support staff gone! Layed off, no new hires etc. And census being down as folks either have lost their med insurance or holding off on any elective surgeries. I, like many students thought this was an excellent profession to persue. Do I need to start thinking about selling chili and gumbo on the street corner to suppliment my income? I pray that our new president will be nurse friendly, and seriously work with the healthcare industry to put things back in balance for the patients and the nurses who care for them.

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Specializes in A myriad of specialties.

No layoffs at our hospital but there is a freeze on the non-direct care positions. Such a freeze has occurred every 2-3 years.

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Our hospital just laid off about 100 people. No bedside nurses were laid off, however some nurse aides from dialysis and the RN in the bronch lab had their positions "eliminated." The carpentry and paint departments were eliminated and those services will be contracted out. Several high level directors and VPs were laid off, their areas of responsibility where lumped on to someone else's shoulders.

To top it all off, this Catholic hospital "eliminated" the head nun's position! WTH?!? She has been with the hospital for DECADES and I can not believe they let her go.

We got a new CEO about 2.5 yrs ago who hired a consulting group to help the hospital get its budget under control and make some money. This is the second round of layoffs in two years.

It's really sad to see all of these people go, some have been with the organization for many years. I guess they were getting too expensive. Just cements in my mind that loyalty to a company doesn't guarantee squat!

My experience has been that they overwork the remaining people which causes a mass exodus of workers. That is when the labor shortages occur. Then they have to do all kinds of hiring. They think it is great because they get the new people at lower wages. Unfortunately they don't factor in all the hiring cost, orientation cost and training cost. I truely don't think they end up saving in the end. They may see a savings at the end of year or two but three to five years down the road they spend more.

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Specializes in Critical Care.
the hospital i work for and the sister hospitals are feeling the pinch mrore now than ever.... one hospital in our group of 3 hospitals just laid off all the LPN's and new grad RN's. our hospital layed off unit clerks and some upper level RN's who have masters degrees , one was head of education.

the hospital i work for does not hire LPN's but we have some new grads that maybe laid off. also clinical supervisors ( charge nurses ) are being laid off or put in the LPN positions ( former LPN position s) in the other hospitals and the managers are doing the clinical supervisor jobs. .... also lots of housekeepers and dietary laid off..

how is the news in your hospitals? is there layoffs or firings? the news keeps getting worse... thank you all in advance

Hospital I"m at just announced some layoffs of non-patient care staff. (I"m in Michigan and it's not the facility MichiganRN is speaking of). What scares me is they are being pretty tight-lipped about nursing positions. There are rumors going around about eliminating CNS's, administrative assistant, clerks, of course housekeeping and dietary, possibly consolidating some nursing manager positions. It's not looking good at all. And with the Auto companies in a tail spin, the economy in Michigan is only going to get worse as more people won't be able to afford health care and hospitals will have no reimbursement for those who can't pay..and let's not forget the new CMS rules for reimbursement that just went into effect (all kinds of conditions hospitals won't get reimbursed for anymore).

As nurses, many have thought they are recession proof: that just isn't the case. We are as vulnerable as the next guy. Yes they need nurses to run their hospitals but they can change staffing matrixes to reduce the number they need. (Been thru that and it ain't fun) And my fear is the economy hasn't really hit bottom yet. It could feasibly get worse before it gets better. I'm not dooming and glooming, just calling it as I see it.

I think as nurses we should do all we can to increase our marketability, to make ourselve more valuable as nurses. Taking certification courses, learning new skills, maybe cross-training to areas we don't normally work but might feel comfortable working would be ideas. I'm not hitting the panic button but I do want to have a plan in place in case I need it. Just my two:twocents:

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Specializes in Critical Care.
It is even easier now, to lay off and freeze hiring related to the current economy. Some people still think that the nursing profession is reccession proof. NOT! Companies and corporations are looking to cut costs at any and every means possible to stay in business. Really scares me to think of the floors in these hospitals with nurses and support staff gone! Layed off, no new hires etc. And census being down as folks either have lost their med insurance or holding off on any elective surgeries. I, like many students thought this was an excellent profession to persue. Do I need to start thinking about selling chili and gumbo on the street corner to suppliment my income? I pray that our new president will be nurse friendly, and seriously work with the healthcare industry to put things back in balance for the patients and the nurses who care for them.

I don't know that you need to run out and start selling chili and gumbo (:nuke:) but I think you need to learn how to make yourself as valuable as possible as a nurse. Expand your skills set, gain new experiences you can add to your resume, look at how you can gain more knowledge that will pay off. And hang on tight cause I think it's going to be a bumpy ride until the economy levels off. We are nowhere near having this thing fixed. Just hopeful we can all hang in.

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Specializes in critical care; community health; psych.
At this moment, there have been no layoffs, but what they have done is announce that there will be job freezes for 'non-essential' positions. Not sure if it would, in fact, include nursing staff at this time. This is getting scarier and scarier by the day...

In my daily encounters, I wouldn't recognize a "non-essential" position of I saw one. They're all essential. With the job freezes, they're relying more on casual staff to fill in the holes which = me. I hate to see it this way though.

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Specializes in Community Health, Med-Surg, Home Health.
In my daily encounters, I wouldn't recognize a "non-essential" position of I saw one. They're all essential. With the job freezes, they're relying more on casual staff to fill in the holes which = me. I hate to see it this way though.

We have not gotten a description of exactly who they consider to be 'non-essentials', but I agree with you...if the title was created, then, heck, they need you. What we do have, however, is a surplus of agency nurses, but no place to put them in our clinic. I barely did work today because I didn't have a room (not complaining about that one, though).

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