Call the hospital...They are willing to send an Ambulance to get staff. Besides it is not impossible to drive through snow, or the police and emergency vehicles would also be stuck...great time to rob a bank. I am not being a smart a$$, I have driven through deep snow many times. The point I tried to make is that the hospital did not shut down, others found ways to work. The work is too vital to just stop. Belive me if your job is in critical care...the hospital will send you help, just be prepared to stay for a long shift. Once in Kansas I was snowed in while at work and spent 2 days in house providing care. Thanks.
Oh and this UNION crud is just that. The hospital is not a plantation where they beat us to get us to produce. I don’t have a love for administrative bosses because they don’t affect my job. I do whats right regardless of what the boss says. If you deliver quality care you never need to hear from the boss. I don’t give a rats behind about their bonus plans because I have never felt the need to ask them what they get. You guys harping about the slave like working conditions and the need for Unions sound like every young nurse we have. If we just had a union this...If we just had a union that....BS! Gee its tough when you can only be gone from work for 7 unexcused absences before they fire you. I haven’t had 7 occurances in a 12 month period in my career. And please understand if you miss 12 days in a row with a sick kid it counts as one occurance. Please!
Work is hard, and providing care for the sick has to be done. A Union is not going to help reduce patient/nurse ratios, they will just take your money and run. Its not a moral act to go on strike when you are leaving sick people without adequate care. If you are in the business, its understood that you will work 12 months a year for a teachers salary, without a pension...so what? We do what we do out of duty and compassion, because the money will never be enough to be crapped on, bitten by someone with aids, or be exposed to diseases that can kill us. SCREW nursing unions. The only good thing about nursing unions, is the money is good for those willing to pick up extra $$$ working a few extra hours helping break the strike! Scab money spends real good!
You ever been in a 48" fall of new, wet, icy snow?
You need a 5 to 15 ton truck to blaze a trail ~ at a minimum.
Not far away (Frederick Maryland) we had motorists and truckers both STUCK on the highway for days. There were people badly hurt up there and no one, not even a helicopter, could get to them.
This was a record breaking snowfall.
I just can't get over the fact they have a management at WHC who is still blissfully unaware of what went on in this region. What they've said and what they've done makes them sound ..... well.... seriously mentally ill.
I don't think people are safe going to WHC.