This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA.
Is Kaiser allergic to being fully staffed? Because often when an employee leaves, the position never gets reposted. So departments run on skeleton crews, with overworked and burned out staff who are one crisis away from being the next employee to leave.
Even when we are “fully staffed” we can feel the push to do more with less, but when we are down multiple positions or have zero on-call staff to relieve people when they take the time off they are entitled to, the work day feels absolutely brutal.
And why? So the bosses’ spreadsheets can look good? Since management cannot technically eliminate positions, they will continue to “freeze” and not post them, because they serve the bottom line. But we serve our patients, and we deserve better.
Click here to read the article printed in the 08-28-24 Healthcare Newsletter
