sue_smith

I know what you mean!!!!!!! I have a friend that is an EN who works agency casually every now and again. She usually goes to Charlie's and they usually put her on a med or surg ward but Nurse West sent her to ED!! Apparently they have done that to loads of people and try to send EN's to vent comp ICU shifts....obviously they don't know what they are doing!! I'd be very interested to know if you got a response from that form, Barb - my friend didn't do anything about it as she was only there for the one shift and didn't want to black mark her name, but she felt really unsafe as she has NEVER entered ED before in her life!

Hi there! I am new to allnurses and stumbled across the site when I was looking for information about NurseWest. I am an agency nurse in Perth and feel so angry at NurseWest and their constant stuffing around that I am so reluctant to work in the public sector! I do still go at a push (especially as work is a bit quieter over summer) and feel so bad for the poor nurse managers! I have myself shown up to 2 shifts and not been told I was actually cancelled, and have also frequently seen people from other agencies doing the same thing! They must be shelling out loads for cancellation fees! I have also been disgusted recently as NurseWest office staff came up to me when I was on a shift the other day, demanding to know why I wasn't working for them! This is outright solicitation, they had my name and agency from my badge and now I am worried that they will try and block my work or something! Has anyone else had this approach form them? I'd love to hear if anyone is in the same situation and what we can do about it??