cupcake22

This is exactly the reason I have avoided agency or travel nursing so far. You pretty much just get thrown out there. I have seen many agency/travel nurses get dumped on and treated bad by nurse managers and some of the staff. As a charge nurse, I always tried to be as helpful as I could to agency/travel nurses b/c without them, many nights my staff and I would have drowned without them. If you run them off, there will be no help. Many people don't understand this concept. They get so upset b/c the agency/travel nurse is making so much more than them, but fail to realize that the reason why they are is b/c they are expected to adjust quickly to an unfamiliar environment and get the job done quickly and efficiently even though they have had little or no orientation (which I believe is dangerous). Someone could have offered their help to you or at least a quick run down of the paper work. Some facilities are better than others as far as their treatment towards agency/travel nurses. It makes a huge difference in whether that agency/travel nurse will come back or not. Maybe one day management and our fellow nurses will realize this and do a better job of making agency/travel nurses feel welcome. Sometimes all it takes is that one nurse to show you something one time, and you'll have it from there, but you must be given that chance. Good luck to you in the future. Hopefully the experience will get better from here.