I think they removed the beds because of staffing.
It’s a holiday week, so there are a lot of people taking the week off. As a lot of nursing units are union based, the bed to nurse ratio is fixed.
In addition, there is a shortage of nurses all over the country.
My wife’s hospital has had several nurses quit and become “traveler” nurses. There are places in the Midwest and southwest paying 3-4 times what a nurse in MA can make.
In the hospital where my daughter works there are normally 500 open positions. This past week they hit 1,600 openings.
I am not suggesting ANYTHING about governments adjusting bed counts for nefarious uses. I am simply explaining that beds are directly related to staffing levels—and staffing is an issue.
“I am simply explaining that beds are directly related to staffing levels—and staffing is an issue.”
If (God forbid) we end up with socialist control and state-run medical facilities, with wage controls, this will become terrible. And normal forevermore.
“I think they removed the beds because of staffing.”
Show us ONE other state which did the same - EVER - in the past for that reason.
DA
Yes. I worked at major hospital and had access to License Beds, Available bed info that we used for reports. If they have a decrease in staffing you will see staffed available beds go down.
Licensed Beds: The maximum number of beds for which a hospital holds a license to operate. Staffed beds include those that are occupied and those that are vacant. Unstaffed Beds: Beds that are licensed and physically available and have no current staff on hand to attend to a patient who would occupy the bed.
“I am simply explaining that beds are directly related to staffing levels—and staffing is an issue.”
Some change due to staffing, yes.
But why is it always down?
A niece RN/Xray tech, now spends her days in a hospital parking lot doing COVID testing. That or sit home.
Mammography is her line and I believe she is good at it.
The top down planning is the death of small and rural hospitals. Most have long been on the edge of insolvency.
Are being pushed into extinction.
And what of the communities they serve? Sorry about that.
(Not big city voters)
Your explanation of staffing makes sense.
What is interesting about numbers that are thrown out for the general public is that there is normally not much, if any explanation of just exactly what the numbers mean.
Most news sources would report this as if the available bed numbers were a result of the virus. When in reality as you say it’s a staffing issue.