Just wondering...have the number of deliveries decreased on your units over the past month. We usually do about 3500 deliveries per year at my hospital and our numbers have been way down, at least 30-40%. We're being cancelled all the time. I haven't worked a full week since the beginning of March. Our practices are projecting things to pick up mid-May. Just wanted to know if this was happening all over or is just specific to South Carolina.
Otessa, BSN, RN 1,601 Posts Has 19 years experience. Apr 14, 2011 We are down but there are some nurses who have moved to different positions in the hospital or moved out of town and we haven't rehired those positions-hasn't impacted us much because of this.
Flare, ASN, BSN 5 Articles; 4,431 Posts Specializes in school nursing, ortho, trauma. Apr 14, 2011 perhaps another indictor that the economy is not in the state of recovery the government would like to lead us to believe.
netglow, ASN, RN 4,412 Posts Apr 14, 2011 Yes, just that. People cannot afford it. Much less infertility cash. I have heard this census down stuff from friends as well. Just heard on the radio this morning that only 46% of US citizens are employed currently.
Trenia 162 Posts Apr 14, 2011 Yes, just that. People cannot afford it. Much less infertility cash. I have heard this census down stuff from friends as well. Just heard on the radio this morning that only 46% of US citizens are employed currently.That is way off. It's more than 80%. These links will say 9% unemployment rate, but it is more like 18%. Don't believe anything you hear on the radio.http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-04/u-s-unemployment-rate-tumbled-to-9-in-january-payrolls-increased-36-000.htmlhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/26/cbo-unemployment-rate-above-9-2016_n_814275.html
miss81, BSN, RN 342 Posts Specializes in Surgery, Tele, OB, Peds,ED-True Float RN. Has 8 years experience. Apr 14, 2011 In my province, thanks to our collective agreement, we can't get cancelled. If they hire us full time then they have to pay us (and we work) full time! They can either give is time off (at our own choosing) or float is to another unit to help out, but they cannot cancel us.
gonzo1, ASN, RN 1,739 Posts Specializes in ED, ICU, PSYCH, PP, CEN. Has 20 years experience. Apr 14, 2011 Our census is way down. Belt tightening big time going on at the hospitals.
netglow, ASN, RN 4,412 Posts Apr 14, 2011 http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/m/2011/04/04/gsf0408.htmre: census
netglow, ASN, RN 4,412 Posts Apr 14, 2011 So Trenia, you are suggesting that 80% of US citizens are unemployed.
babyNP., APRN 1,921 Posts Specializes in NICU. Has 15 years experience. Apr 14, 2011 Nope, never been cancelled on my unit in the last 2.5 years I've been there. I've only been floated twice as well.
Trenia 162 Posts Apr 14, 2011 So Trenia, you are suggesting that 80% of US citizens are unemployed.Employed. I worded it funny I guess.
Dazglue, ADN, BSN, MSN, RN 380 Posts Has 8 years experience. Apr 14, 2011 Our postpartum usually have low census 99% of the time on weekends. But it's always been that way. Less inductions and scheduled c-section on the weekends. And we are not a good size hospital. Not the biggest but serves about 5 different counties.
