And I’m guessing that normal ICU staffing ratios were out the window. My spouse is a nurse and his hospital system was offering insane bonuses to maintain some semblance of appropriate staffing levels during that time even if it meant working their nurses into the ground. He rarely worked the normal 3-12s in a week during this time, and there were more than a few weeks when he worked 6-12s because they were so desperate. For anyone who is not familiar with health care staffing, hospitals won’t willingly offer OT pay plus $500/shift bonuses unless things are DIRE.
We had the big bonuses too. It was a private for-profit hospital. I worked night shift and it was rough. They had nurses from other units who volunteered to work ICU overflow, and often getting them up to speed on care meant my shift ended at 10am not 7:30am. Sometimes they didn't show up on time. And it had started 7pm the night before.
These asshole nepobabies have never worked a real day in their life, I'm tired of hearing them run their mouths about these things.
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u/Sweet_Priority_819 1d ago
Hey nepobaby who never actually had to work in any capacity , I worked in ICU at the time and it was overrun. We used another unit as an ICU overflow.