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I shared this email with a friend, but Ill share it here too.
Soooooooo, long story. Grab some popcorn. LOL.
So, while I was on vacation, i get a hospital system wide email talking to us about the economy. My hospital had made the decision to "close" down a nursing unit, making 28 people essentially, jobless. But the hospital wont officially lay them off. They basically gave these people a 2 day notice that their jobs were going bye byes and just telling them that their hours were cut. What theyre secretly hoping is that enough people will quit so they wont be the first hospital in the area to start offically laying people off.
So, I come in last night for a required meeting, and now my manager tells us that there will be another unit closed in the near future. We dont know who it is, but she really doesnt think itll be us. I REALLLLLLLLLY hope its not us, but regardless there will be another 30 something people without a job. Due to these closures, the 6 graduate nurses they did hire (which included a friend of mine) had their job offers recinded and they are "filling" the holes with the staff that was let go.
B/c of all this my manager is on a frenzy about her floor. She wants us to be positve,. but is volunteering all us employees to do anything and everything that is needed in this hospital. She wants us to outshine the other floors with happy helpful professional staff (hence the beginning of a cell phone ban AND the upcoming facebook ban).This over helpful-ness has lead to some of my coworkers receiving unsafe patient assignments when they're pulled to other higher acuity floors to "help" and basically stressing them all the hell out.
/sigh
It sucked to come back after 11 days off to all this turmoil. The tension is palpable .....I can feel the stress just rolling off of everyone. Its not the happy place it once was....and Im scared.
My hospital used to be "THE" place to work in my county. They are they largest employer here. Everyone wanted to get in the door here and the hospital showed the love back. Good raises, good benefits, sign on bonuses etc. Now we're being treated like cattle, theres a "dime a dozen" mentality from the higher ups.
Im grateful to have a job, but tired of being expected to do the impossible AND the unsafe. Im worried that when its my time to receive a similar unsafe assignment that Ill be fired, b/c I WILL refuse it, as its my license to practice thats on the line.
I just feel like crying.
Soooooooo, long story. Grab some popcorn. LOL.
So, while I was on vacation, i get a hospital system wide email talking to us about the economy. My hospital had made the decision to "close" down a nursing unit, making 28 people essentially, jobless. But the hospital wont officially lay them off. They basically gave these people a 2 day notice that their jobs were going bye byes and just telling them that their hours were cut. What theyre secretly hoping is that enough people will quit so they wont be the first hospital in the area to start offically laying people off.
So, I come in last night for a required meeting, and now my manager tells us that there will be another unit closed in the near future. We dont know who it is, but she really doesnt think itll be us. I REALLLLLLLLLY hope its not us, but regardless there will be another 30 something people without a job. Due to these closures, the 6 graduate nurses they did hire (which included a friend of mine) had their job offers recinded and they are "filling" the holes with the staff that was let go.
B/c of all this my manager is on a frenzy about her floor. She wants us to be positve,. but is volunteering all us employees to do anything and everything that is needed in this hospital. She wants us to outshine the other floors with happy helpful professional staff (hence the beginning of a cell phone ban AND the upcoming facebook ban).This over helpful-ness has lead to some of my coworkers receiving unsafe patient assignments when they're pulled to other higher acuity floors to "help" and basically stressing them all the hell out.
/sigh
It sucked to come back after 11 days off to all this turmoil. The tension is palpable .....I can feel the stress just rolling off of everyone. Its not the happy place it once was....and Im scared.
My hospital used to be "THE" place to work in my county. They are they largest employer here. Everyone wanted to get in the door here and the hospital showed the love back. Good raises, good benefits, sign on bonuses etc. Now we're being treated like cattle, theres a "dime a dozen" mentality from the higher ups.
Im grateful to have a job, but tired of being expected to do the impossible AND the unsafe. Im worried that when its my time to receive a similar unsafe assignment that Ill be fired, b/c I WILL refuse it, as its my license to practice thats on the line.
I just feel like crying.
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