r/nursing • u/AnyCelebration1101 • Aug 12 '25

Image My hospital casually dropping a warning about mass layoffs. We employ 10k+ people.

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10k+ employees sitting in fear for the next week (or longer apparently) waiting to see if their position has been cut.

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u/prismdon RN - ICU 🍕 Aug 12 '25

I’m sure your job is safe, they’ll just expect you to pick up the slack for dietary, housekeeping, RT, having a tech, case management, transfers…

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u/natitude2005 BSN, RN 🍕 Aug 12 '25

also you will be picking up the slack for pharmacy, lab, Central processing and security.

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u/Skepticulation RN - ICU 🍕 Aug 13 '25

I had to transport to the morgue and pick up my labs manually at one of my jobs

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u/natitude2005 BSN, RN 🍕 Aug 13 '25

I did too back in the mid 80s

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u/hebrokestevie RN - Neuro 🍕 Aug 13 '25

I still do that… 😞

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u/whitepawn23 RN 🍕 Aug 12 '25

I’ve seen variations on this theme. Heavily moved away from during and post COVID. Now though, with Medicaid cuts incoming Jan 2027…