Mistreatment of agency nurses by staff nurses

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Hi,

Im a LPN currently in school to get my RN and for the last five years I have worked as an agency nurse in multiple settings and I have encountered a-lot of horror stories. One such story was that I had been assigned to this med surg floor of this hospital and the staff gave me the worst patients, I had all of the patient with epidurals and all of the fresh surgical patients and all of the ones with the "attitude " family members the nurses refuse to show me where any thing was like the refills for the epidurals and even where the narcs were. It was my first time on this floor. I had to threaten to leave. I would ask a question and they would just walk by me as if I had not spoken to them at all. They have the option to work as an agency nurse just as I have. I have encountered many mean and even hostile nurses. I have worked from the other perspective as well. I have been a staff nurse who had to orient agency nurses and I have been nice to them and appreciated the help, because otherwise we would be short. Another horror story is I worked on a med surg unit on the night shift and the staff nurse gave me this patient that had just had a central line placed and soon after he began to bleed out. I asked the nurses what MD was on call as this was my first time being on that floor. They refused to tell me. I had to ask several nurses and finally one gave me the number. I thank God for this one CNA who held pressure on the site because blood was everywhere. I finally reached the MD and he told me what to do. One of the nurses told every one that she was going to help me, she came in the room and stood int the corner and held out the tape. The CNA could have done that. I applied a special type of pressure bandage and the patient didn't bleed any more that night. I guess the nurse that stood in the corner got the recognition for that. Needless to say I reported the nurses. The next time that they needed a nurse I refused to go to that unit and they had to work short. It only hurts them in the end. Why do staff treat agency nurse this way. I recently went to a prison and the nurse was so mean and she did not show me some things and it was my first time there. Even nurses in other dept were rude. What is it the pay? Any one else care to share stories. I have many more. Why can't we all just get along?:angryfire