Sent home after 4 hours...AGAIN!!!!

At the LTC where I work, as a regular employee, we cannot "bump" our agency staff without a week notice. We have wonderful nurses that come in and I always tell them thanks for helping us, if it werent for agency nurses, we would be short staffed, always!! So, thanks agency nurses, you are appreciated!!!! Have a happy day!!

Thanks for saying that itsme...

I'm getting cancelled a lot too. I was starting to think it was something I'd done! More likely the bad economy has more nurses putting in more hours.

Diversify ------

I cut and paste this from another post I just made... It does apply here too:

Here in Denver, we have seen great changes and shifts between the nightmare of
9-11, Enron Crash, impact of airline power and loss of revenue, and the addition
of AllAboutStaffing with the largest of facilities here of Health One.

Diversify with registry has been my survival.

It is this type of conversatin that impowers us and helps us to be strong in
ourselves. Just like not counting on one facility for income, we should not
count on one agency for assignments.

All my agencies know that I am diverse in my contacts. We went through the whole
power struggle with loyalty. I cam to the conclusion that they have more then
one nurse and so I should have at least more then one agency.

It works for me....

I wonder if you have noticed a increase in hospital census now. My agency could book me 7 days a week now, last month there was a slower census. I consistently work my 3 12 hr shifts, sometimes between two facilities. With the winter months creeping up here in Pittsburgh all the hospitals are begging for more help.

Grrrrrrrrrrr. Got there last night (after driving an HOUR), and found out that I had been cancelled.....NOBODY told ME. I couldn't get a hold of my scheduler, so I have no idea if she knew or not.

Did get a chance to talk to the DON in this facility and asked her what was going on. As of Weds, I wasn't cancelled. She said she didn't know that it was happening.

DUH. I don't believe that. I don't think my scheduler is doing her job for me, so I am looking into another agency in town. I can't exist on 8 hour weeks. Especially when I am booked for 32. This is getting old. We don't have that many nurses available here, there are more than enough openings, but the most I've seen out here for wages is about $14.00 an hour, and I can't work 40 hours a week, due to school.

This is getting old.

M

Nightngale,
You are so right. Thanks for helping me feel better about signing up with another agency this week. Only been working agency for 3 months, as well as my private duty and contingent at one facility. The only times I have been working is the jobs I have found. But I am a loyal employee and have been struggling with having so many employers (agencies). I finally realized that "loyalty" isn't paying the bills.

kae rn: Be loyal and true to yourself... When you do the right things, somehow, everything eventually falls into place.

OH! Had an AWESOME experience in a new facility I started at tonight. EVERYONE welcomed me, THANKED me for coming, and wanted to know when I was coming back to help them out!!!!!! My jaw is STILL on the floor.

Beautiful place, beautiful staff, just plain great!

Tomorrow I get to go back to the facility from H**L for 3 days, and then back to the awesome place for a month! I can tolerate the old place for 3 more days.

Nicest thing is that the new place is 15 minutes from the house instead of an hour.

WOW! Life is good.

M