Turkeygirl Posted September 22, 2011 Report Share Posted September 22, 2011 Not too good at work lately...down to one patient...having a hard time getting referrals for patients. With the new management and stress to get patients, there's tension running high. One person got fired the other day. Staff are getting called off...today was my turn to be called off my usual shift but I picked up 11pm to 7am...I've never worked that late but I want to keep as much of my hours as possible or they use vacation/holiday time so you still get paid. Apparently, by word of mouth, they aren't paying overtime, we don't have money in the budget for supplies on our floor...no patients = not making money. Hoping and praying it picks up soon...it gets slow in the summerb ut we usually pick back up by now and never can anyone remember being down to 1 patient.:no: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted September 22, 2011 Report Share Posted September 22, 2011 Apparently, by word of mouth, they aren't paying overtime, we don't have money in the budget for supplies on our floor...no patients = not making money. Hoping and praying it picks up soon...it gets slow in the summerb ut we usually pick back up by now and never can anyone remember being down to 1 patient.:no: Would have thought healthcare jobs would be one of the least impacted by the state of things in this country. Hmmm, wonder about this great Obamacare and Obama economy and just how much this is impacting families. Seems healthcare facilities are cutting back all over, wonder why. The wife had her OT cut out back near the first of the year, company wide mandate by her employer which has over 200 facilities across the country if I am remembering what she told me correctly. Her income so far this year is over $10,000 below what it was last year at this time of the year, not good at all. Funny thing is that her deducts on her checks have seemed to have gone up from last year which makes absolutely no sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texan_Til_I_Die Posted September 22, 2011 Report Share Posted September 22, 2011 We're a 25 bed Critical Access hospital and we've got 11 patients in Med Surg, 2 in ICU, 1 in Observation and 1 in ER. Flu season starts next month so things should pick up then. We're also fairly busy with outpatient services. Where do you get most of your referrals from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkeygirl Posted September 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2011 The floor I'm on is a rehab/acute/palliative...critical access as well I believe, about 20 bed floor and then there are 2 nursing home floors and an urgent care as well. I think some does have to do with all this health care reform and I think if it's an elective surgery, people aren't doing it because of money and the economy... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbHunterNY Posted September 22, 2011 Report Share Posted September 22, 2011 sorry to hear it Ruth. you've got a good point with the elective surgery stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkeygirl Posted September 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2011 I worked 11pm to 7am last night...completely zoned today. Don't I was ever awake for 24 hours,lol. Good thing it isn't deer season! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbHunterNY Posted September 23, 2011 Report Share Posted September 23, 2011 longest i've pulled was 3 days. wasn't for work though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swohiodave Posted September 24, 2011 Report Share Posted September 24, 2011 Hospitals are cutting everywhere because Medicare is about to cut payments a lot over the next few years....thanks healthcare reform! It will cost most places since a large percent of patients are usually medicare and i believe the cut is as much as 25% in some cases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebeilgard Posted September 26, 2011 Report Share Posted September 26, 2011 everyone laughed at reagan's "trickle down economy" until it proved how well it works. well, welcome to "trickle up poverty". thank you very little, mr. obama. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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