My floor has had extremely low census for over a month now. To the point where most of us RNs are only getting 1-2 shifts a week if lucky and the CNAs are in the same boat. We are floated out occasionally (which has been awful) but usually are just flexed. We are using up PTO fast. The nurses who have worked there for many years say this is the worst it has ever been.
It seems to be a seasonal thing. I never realized it happened outside of Florida- and yep I've worked outside of Florida.
We have a summer dip- which we use to make sure that staff enjoy vacation with family etc. and then we have a winter onslaught, which we use I suppose to decrease everyones morale that they need that vacation very badly come summer...
Get a position with 2 agencies. That will cover you nicely. It will also give you new experiences, and you will no longer be afraid to float within your facility.
The company I work for has 18 hospitals here in Houston. No shortage of hours to work here...I can work all the OT I could possibly want..forget getting canceled..
Low census here too. CNAs are even worse. I honestly don't know why they stay at this hospital. Sometimes they're called off all three of their scheduled days. It's better for the hospital to just make the few RNs scheduled, do primary care.
In today's economy, I'm just glad I have a job with PTO.
Same here, that's why I have a fulltime job and a PRN job...right now, the PRN is making my check. And Pennywise...you're just freaking me out. I read "IT" when it came out and have been scared spitless of clowns and balloons ever since. :-)
Our census is low right now and I'm hoping my full time hours don't get cut. Administration said it was the time of year. Hope everyone everywhere gets/keeps the hours they want lol :)
I didn't like having an uncertain paycheck so I got a job with no call-offs. I would sometimes get called off, then get called to come in on my day off in the same week. I'm not a management genius so I don't have a good solution, but it is hurting the industry. All you managers pay attention; it is very, very, bad for morale. I expect my employer to provide me with work when it is scheduled. They expect me to show up and do it. Simple.
Specializes in geri,acute,subacute,correctional,pysch,.
Nerdtonurse about Pennywise picture:
OMG! I totally thought the same thing and closed my eyes quick. I looked away to find the next page button. Hate clowns thanks to Steven King and that picture is really creepy!!!
Specializes in burn ICU, SICU, ER, Trauma Rapid Response.
I didn't like having an uncertain paycheck so I got a job with no call-offs. I would sometimes get called off, then get called to come in on my day off in the same week. I'm not a management genius so I don't have a good solution, but it is hurting the industry. All you managers pay attention; it is very, very, bad for morale. I expect my employer to provide me with work when it is scheduled. They expect me to show up and do it. Simple.
*** There isn't much reason for nurse administrators to concern themsleves with moral. Thanks to the false and self serving "nursing shortage" propaganda, and tax payer subsidies to vastly expand nursing education, and BSN only hiring in so many hospitals administration has little to worry about from nurses. No reason to treat us decently when they know that either, they have hired some poor nurse who is up to her ears in student loan debt from her university degree and as a result afraid to rock the boat, or that with vast oversupply of RNs created there are 10 people standing in line for each job.
I too was lucky to find a job at a non-Magnet hospital were we are not called off (though expected to be flexable with floating).
My floor has had extremely low census for over a month now. To the point where most of us RNs are only getting 1-2 shifts a week if lucky and the CNAs are in the same boat. We are floated out occasionally (which has been awful) but usually are just flexed. We are using up PTO fast. The nurses who have worked there for many years say this is the worst it has ever been.
Moral is low, my bank acct is even lower.
Who else is dealing with this right now?
I'm having the same problem here in California and it is terrible. At first getting cancelled once in awhile was nice, now its every week! And it's hurting my bank account. The census gets so low and everyone on my unit loses hours. I'm trying to find other options because I can not do this for the entire summer. I have loans to pay off.
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It seems to be a seasonal thing. I never realized it happened outside of Florida- and yep I've worked outside of Florida.
We have a summer dip- which we use to make sure that staff enjoy vacation with family etc. and then we have a winter onslaught, which we use I suppose to decrease everyones morale that they need that vacation very badly come summer...