May 1, 2009
With elective surgery down, ORs reduce hours, try to avoid layoffs
The recession is bringing changes in OR staffing. Managers who have seen elective surgery fall are asking staff to reduce their hours and trying to avoid layoffs. Vacant positions, once hard to fill, are evaporating. Some veteran nurses are postponing retirement.
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