Re: Don't know how you do it
I love being an agency nurse....tried to work for a "facility", never again. The scheduler treated the girls
like crap. If she liked you, you got what days off you wanted, the assignment you wanted. If not, you
were at her mercy. If you speak your mind, you get put thru the ringer for it.
As agency, I work when and where I want. I need a day off for an appt at the doctors, I let them know
and it is done. You don't have to put up the mandatory 45 minute inservice on too many paper towels being
used, at 3pm, when you should be at your assignment.
I have been an agency nurse for 11 years, looking into doing some traveling now. I love the challenge,
the knowledge that I can come into a facility "cold", do a narc count, find things in carts that look like
they have not been cleaned in months. If you greet your CNA's, introduce yourself, tell them you are there
to help them with anything, answer call lights, put grandma on the bedpan, show them some respect,
thank them before you leave at night, you will be treated well and welcomed with open arms. I have walked into
facilities, after only one night with them, and the girls have asked if I was working tonight, and met with a
"YES!!" when I said I was. Not blowing my own horn, but give respect, get respect. Thank you for your kind
words. And remember, it is not always the "agency nurse" who did it, or didn't do it. We are here to help you.
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