What is happening at RGH in Beckley,WV?

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Anyone know why there was a story in the Beckley newspaper about RGH consolidating many positions, cutting hours, not hiring for vacant positions, but not having a layoff?

This has happened before and then there was a layoff of employees, many long time ones. I know they cut back to the bone when the census drops but is there something more going on here?

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I wondered the same thing. I havent heard anything.

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Hey Noryn,

I guess no one else knows either. I know BARH was running ads a lot and that has stopped almost. Summer has hit and census is low. But, in my gut I think more is going on at RGH.

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I will be beginning my clinicals there in the fall so I hope that something big is not getting ready to go down - I can imagine that angry and fed up nurses may not give me a warm fuzzy feeling about starting the road to a career in nursing. But really in all seriousness, I was told that they would be offering a tuition assistance program and when I made a call to HR they stated it would no longer be offered to anyone but current employees. ........weird...

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Hi Wannabe,

A word of warning and advice, do not expect RGH nurses to be warm and fuzzy. They are just too overworked and understaffed to deal with students much, that is what the instructor is there to do. Do not take charts and keep them for extended periods of time, do not get around the desk to look things up in a computer and take up space, do not judge these nurses until you are working a shift on some of these floors, and do not expect them to do everything by the book at all times. Now, that I have scared you and made you rethink going to RGH, I want to say take the clinical time there and make the most of it. Relax, do your job as a students, help the floor nurses when you can, and take opportunities to learn. It can be a hectic place but learning is still possible there. Good luck.

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About the tuition thing at RGH:

They have been known to stiff the staff on tuition reimbursement. I know one lady who was stiffed about 500.00 on a couple of classes. Make sure you read the fine print. But they have a history of not helping for tuition until you work for them for a year. Then it is according to how much money is in the kitty for that semester. You also have to have the required papers submitted and approved before you take the class to get the money. Sometimes there is still an issues but most of the time it is OK if you are preapproved. Karen Bolling is the CEO now and is supposted to have made it better for the nurses. I do not know.

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Thanks for the advice - I'm really am excited to begin the clinicals and to learn from these nurses who I'm sure are a wealth of information. I just hope to be as helpful as I possibly can and learn some things in the process. I'm sure it will be an eye- opening experience. As with all experiences I believe I will get as much as I put into it - so I plan to give 110%! The tuition thing was a little shocking I have to admit only because at our nursing Orientation we were told it would be offered and when I called 4 days later it was suddenly off the table. But I do understand that right now the economy really stinks and I'm sure it is having some affect on hospitals as well - maybe offering it to non-employees was something they thought was possible and then after a closer look realized it was not feasible.....I don't know.. I'm just spit-balling here:confused:

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