"My" job is being advertised in the employment ad!

[TheCommuter]

I happened to be browsing through the employment advertisements today, and saw that my place of employment had several nursing positions open. The ad, which was new, indicated that the facility was ready to hire 2 day shift nurses, 1 evening nurse, and a nurse manager. That equates to 4 nursing positions.

I became suspicious. This smallish facility has been critically understaffed with CNAs for a long time, and presently has 15 CNA openings that they are not advertising in the paper. The only nursing positions that became available, however, are due to 2 coworkers who recently submitted their two week notices of resignation (one was the manager).

My antennas are up. I suspect the administrator is planning to purge the place of a few of its current nurses, and replace us with new hires. I should mention that the evening nurse and I are friends with the 2 people who submitted their resignation letters. This equals 4 nurses who would be replaced. Am I paranoid?

[pagandeva2000, LPN]

i totally agree with you , they will be loosing a great person. they would be foolish to let you go.. and i don't think they are letting you go...

Yeah, I am all for ganging up on them if they do...can you just see it...none of us know what she looks like, but we'd run up there and say "Don't let the palm tree Cow Moderator go or else...":jester:

[donsterRN, ASN, BSN]

During a workplace inservice meeting last week, the facility administrator commented, "Two CNAs are just as good as four CNAs. You people know how to work short and get it done with 2 aides." As soon as she said this, the 50 or so employees present at this meeting started booing and yelling, "No!"

By the way, this is 2 aides to care for 50 patients (instead of the usual 4).

It's astounding that a facility administrator could get up in front of a group of employees and say this, let alone mean it! The administrator is clearly out of touch with the demands of today's healthcare environment, and should not be in her position.

Like previous posters, I'd be wanting to find out what exactly is going on. As Sue said, if the ad is so public, it sounds as if they are adding to your pool...

I sincerely hope this is the case.

[pagandeva2000, LPN]

It's astounding that a facility administrator could get up in front of a group of employees and say this, let alone mean it! The administrator is clearly out of touch with the demands of today's healthcare environment, and should not be in her position.

Like previous posters, I'd be wanting to find out what exactly is going on. As Sue said, if the ad is so public, it sounds as if they are adding to your pool...

I sincerely hope this is the case.

I suspect that it is...that they are adding to the pool, personally.

[caliotter3]

My facility ran an ad many years ago when the licensed staff started to leave one by one. They had a group interview/orientation one morning and a lot of us got to see them when they came filing in to the conference room. I overheard them speaking about one of our nurses in derogatory terms. That night I received a call from one of the new hires who wanted to talk. I gave her the lowdown and warned her that she had to take what I said with a grain of salt because I was one of those who had a two week notice in. She called in the next morning and turned down the job. I got a cannon blast. Suppose one of the CNAs must have told about the call. I just wanted to tell you about this because it seemed so weird to have this mass coming and going. Watching your replacement come on board and seeing how they are told outright not to talk to you is really a very awkward situation to say the least. Talk about a bad atmosphere. If I were you I wouldn't worry. They are most likely just adding to staff. But if you really have strong feelings about the whole thing, after finding out what is going on, think about whether you should be looking for a new work home anyway. It sounds as if you have a lot of uncertainty about your position, whether or not the facility is looking to replace any workers.

[CHATSDALE]

i think it really sucks that they would place blind ads and have someone come in and waste their time and hopes going to an interview that the geeks have no intention of hiring anyone

commuter, i hope that your job is secure and that they are replacing nurses many places tell their employees when they are placing ads to prevent situations like this

[Batman24]

I think they are adding staff as it is so prominently advertised but I could see why it has your ante up.

As far as them cutting back on aides when you are already short staffed that's horrifying. They wonder why nurses want out of bedside nursing. Oy.

[FireStarterRN, BSN, RN]

Commuter- I don't think you are being paranoid. That's my gut feeling.

[CrunchRN, ADN, RN]

I would absolutely ask them what was going on. Hoping for the best for you my fellow "new" Texan!