What's Up With Agency Nurses?

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No offense intended to any good nurses out there, but will someone tell me what's up with agency nurses these days. We fill in our regular staff with agency at least 4 times a week and it seems to me that the agency nurses are a bunch of prima donnas. I had one tell me "I don't do treatments"...what do you mean you don't do treatments...she was making several dollars an hour more than anyone in the building and she copped an attitude. The next one said she didn't like the way we had our MAR's set up...the one after that said she didn't "do" Alzheimers. Zowie! When I worked for an agency, I went where they sent me..that was part of the deal...no set schedule, going where you were needed, and doing everything the staff nurses did (with the exception of MDS's and care plans)...

I've found most times you get what you give..if you welcome new faces and are friendly and helpful, that's what you get back..always exceptions to the rule..but works for me :)

I'm with Mandy....when I worked as a nursing assistant on staff in a nursing home that was notorious for getting agency staff and dumping on them...I always made it my rule to make them feel welcome, help them with whatever they needed, and make it a point to tell them they were doing a good job!

But on the other side of the coin, I've had a couple agency NA's that thought that because they were getting paid 18.00 an hour to come in, they had the right to go to sleep in the conference room, leaving me on 2 hallways with 24 people apiece..all the while runnign my butt off for...get this...a whopping 7.75 an hour!!:angryfire Boy, did that burn my butt....and did I forget to mention the nurse that slept behind the desk? (she was agency too).Please understand that I am NOT bashing all agency staff...99% of the ones I worked with were great!!

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