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My birthing unit is suddenly closing. There are 75 nurses on my unit and most of us found out by reading the paper :angryfire . Actually my sister called me from work (she works at same hospital, different unit) and told me. No advance notice, not one member of management called anyone to tell them. There were several meetings the next 2 days to discuss our options... there was very little info and a whole lot of fluff. "we are so sorry how everyone found out>>>> blah, blah , blah." The hospital is going to open a bariatric surgical service on our unit and we were told we would be "shining stars" if we stayed on and worked there :angryfire !! I am on the fence as to what to do. There are plenty of other floors to work on, maybe ICU or ER? All of the regional affiliated hospitals have a few OB jobs, and with seniority I might get one. In the meeting they talked and talked about incentives and severance packages. OK, what are the incentives? "we don't have any numbers." Followed by "come next week and tell us what you want to do" Well, how can we know without all of the info. Also to go to a regional hospital ( and stick with OB) we take a pay cut. Funny thing, they just opened a NICU a couple of years ago, spent millions I am sure. The hospital swears that it is staying open and they will transfer sick babies in. We were level 3. When asked about separating moms, they said that they would tranfer moms also!?! Can you imagine being PP mom sharing a room with bariatric patient?

I am really thinking about ICU or ER. Any of you with experience there? Do you think it would be a difficult transition?

Specializes in Specializes in L/D, newborn, GYN, LTC, Dialysis.

Bariatric patients do indeed present unique challenges. And like Steph and others said before me, ER and ICU are not the same either. If you are willing to crosstrain, more power to you. I still say working there would not be an option for me if I had a choice. The way this was handled was very wrong. I would not trust management or administration in the least after this.

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Bariatric patients do indeed present unique challenges. And like Steph and others said before me, ER and ICU are not the same either. If you are willing to crosstrain, more power to you. I still say working there would not be an option for me if I had a choice. The way this was handled was very wrong. I would not trust management or administration in the least after this.

I think the most memorable mom I ever had was 18 yo, and she was in active labor with her 5th child. Her 5th at 18! She was obviously at little more, um, advanced than I was. :uhoh21:

I think the most memorable mom I ever had was 18 yo, and she was in active labor with her 5th child. Her 5th at 18! She was obviously at little more, um, advanced than I was. :uhoh21:

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I have never seen a bariatric patient go home the next day!

They have much recovery and education to go thru before they can be sent home. My sis had bariatric surgery in one of the best hospitals in the state with a excellent surgeon. She spent 2 days in ICU on a vent then almost 2 weeks in the hospital. I don't understand how they think it is a 24 hour hospitalization!

Vickie :balloons:

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My birthing unit is suddenly closing. There are 75 nurses on my unit and most of us found out by reading the paper :angryfire . Actually my sister called me from work (she works at same hospital, different unit) and told me. No advance notice, not one member of management called anyone to tell them. There were several meetings the next 2 days to discuss our options... there was very little info and a whole lot of fluff. "we are so sorry how everyone found out>>>> blah, blah , blah." The hospital is going to open a bariatric surgical service on our unit and we were told we would be "shining stars" if we stayed on and worked there :angryfire !! I am on the fence as to what to do. There are plenty of other floors to work on, maybe ICU or ER? All of the regional affiliated hospitals have a few OB jobs, and with seniority I might get one. In the meeting they talked and talked about incentives and severance packages. OK, what are the incentives? "we don't have any numbers." Followed by "come next week and tell us what you want to do" Well, how can we know without all of the info. Also to go to a regional hospital ( and stick with OB) we take a pay cut. Funny thing, they just opened a NICU a couple of years ago, spent millions I am sure. The hospital swears that it is staying open and they will transfer sick babies in. We were level 3. When asked about separating moms, they said that they would tranfer moms also!?! Can you imagine being PP mom sharing a room with bariatric patient?

I am really thinking about ICU or ER. Any of you with experience there? Do you think it would be a difficult transition?

I hope your friends in the NICU are looking for new employment as well. The notion of keeping a NICU going without in-house deliveries is pretty absurd, since you are not a Children's Hospital, nor, I gather, a major referral center with pediatric sub-specialties such as surgery, neuro, cardiology, etc. Why on God's green earth would a parent consent to transfer their baby to your facility? And trust me, the mothers won't be transferred to you post-delivery. No insurance company is going to pay for that!

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My birthing unit is suddenly closing. There are 75 nurses on my unit and most of us found out by reading the paper :angryfire . Actually my sister called me from work (she works at same hospital, different unit) and told me. No advance notice, not one member of management called anyone to tell them. There were several meetings the next 2 days to discuss our options... there was very little info and a whole lot of fluff. "we are so sorry how everyone found out>>>> blah, blah , blah." The hospital is going to open a bariatric surgical service on our unit and we were told we would be "shining stars" if we stayed on and worked there :angryfire !! I am on the fence as to what to do. There are plenty of other floors to work on, maybe ICU or ER? All of the regional affiliated hospitals have a few OB jobs, and with seniority I might get one. In the meeting they talked and talked about incentives and severance packages. OK, what are the incentives? "we don't have any numbers." Followed by "come next week and tell us what you want to do" Well, how can we know without all of the info. Also to go to a regional hospital ( and stick with OB) we take a pay cut. Funny thing, they just opened a NICU a couple of years ago, spent millions I am sure. The hospital swears that it is staying open and they will transfer sick babies in. We were level 3. When asked about separating moms, they said that they would tranfer moms also!?! Can you imagine being PP mom sharing a room with bariatric patient?

I am really thinking about ICU or ER. Any of you with experience there? Do you think it would be a difficult transition?

follow the money, that's what this is all about. The hospital will make more profit form the bariatric unit than form L&D, post-partum.

Specializes in Specializes in L/D, newborn, GYN, LTC, Dialysis.

hope your friends in the NICU are looking for new employment as well. The notion of keeping a NICU going without in-house deliveries is pretty absurd, since you are not a Children's Hospital, nor, I gather, a major referral center with pediatric sub-specialties such as surgery, neuro, cardiology, etc. Why on God's green earth would a parent consent to transfer their baby to your facility? And trust me, the mothers won't be transferred to you post-delivery. No insurance company is going to pay for that!

yea the writing is on the wall. but this place is disgraceful; they will lie to their NICU staff as well, right up til they get their pink slips, I would bet.

Specializes in private duty/home health, med/surg.

Your hospital managers sound like they are rather...um, stupid. A NICU but no L&D? 24-hour discharges for bariatric patients? Are they trying to run this facility into the ground?

Run for the hills, jrring1019!

Your hospital managers sound like they are rather...um, stupid. A NICU but no L&D? 24-hour discharges for bariatric patients? Are they trying to run this facility into the ground?

Run for the hills, jrring1019!

Guess what!?! This is one of the TOP hospitals in the country. I thought it would be a great place to work until I worked there! I have an interview next week at a DIFFERENT hospital closer to home. Wish me luck!

I am shocked that anyone could possibly think the bariatric surgery pts are going to go home in 24 hours. What kind of crack are they smoking????

I have a friend who works PACU in a hospital who started doing bariatric surgeries about a year ago. They didn't invest in any of the special equipment to start out...aaaaaaaaand they never have any ICU beds b/c the bariatric pts take them all up for the first 24 hours post-op as a standard at that hospital, then many stay longer after that on the vent or with other complications.

So even if you went to ICU at the same facility, guess who you'd end up taking care of? Sounds like their ideas about NICU are pretty out there too.

Run, don't walk, somewhere else! :)

the main thing you have to keep in mind is that the management is NOT going to be concerned about your best interests other than to call you a shining star..

you have to protect your license and you have to make the best living for you and your family that you can...make your decisions on that

by the way if you have shares in that facility it might be a good time to sell

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