Will leaving this job hurt my resume?

[nursingjudgment]

I currently work full-time in a level-1 trauma ICU and I really enjoy it there. I've been planning on going back to school, but in an effort to earn a little extra money and to see what else is out there, I signed up with an agency and (through them) I recently started working in the CCU of a very small hospital.

Now, I'm happy with my agency, but I really DO NOT like the hospital itself. I'm actually surprised by how vehemently I dislike it (I am someone who likes most jobs), but I find myself actively dreading every shift. In short, I don't want to work there. However, I just started and so I have some concerns:

a) Will my agency be upset if I walk-away from the first hospital they set me up with? I like my agency -- I just really don't like this hospital.

b) Will it look bad on my resume for grad school [i'm applying to a very competitive program] if I have a very short (

c) I've heard that one can just 'stop signing up' for shift and then I will be auto-terminated for my position there, but I'm not sure how it works with an agency. Any insight would be great!

Just to clarify: there is no bullying or anything that makes me dislike the hospital so much -- everyone is actually very nice there. It just isn't a good fit for me. Part of me thinks I should stay and try to give it more of a chance, but I'm genuinely miserable there.

[RegularNurse]

You have no reason to feel anxiety about this.

1. Resign from the agency job professionally. Give a two weeks notice and move on. Nobody cares that you are quitting, we have all worked with hundreds of coworkers over our careers.

2. The grad school won't care. They are interested in your academic ability, not employment.

3. You only live once, why work at a job you hate?

[LadyFree28, BSN, LPN, RN]

You already work in an ICU...so you already have a position.

Do you have a contracted amount of days that you need to be there, or is it a week to week basis?

[savannahpam]

I've only been in one agency assignment that I quit after 2 shifts. I went in and talked to my agency manager and she said that a number of other nurses had also quit that assignment. She gave me a different contract and I was offered a job there and stayed for 2 years. The problem with many of us is that we vote with our feet" e.g. leave without discussion. I've done that a lot as well. Agencies usually want you to be a good fit. I've also had 2 placements that asked the agency to not send me back. It never hurt my resume or getting other placements with that agency.

[Maevish, ASN, RN]

Your agency should back you up if you want to quit (I mean, don't just not show up for work one day, but you know...do it the right way). They may have even had other people who didn't like that particular place too, for all you know. If you don't like it and are feeling some kind of way every time you go in to work, that's not good for anybody.

Just do it!

xo

[sailornurse]

You work for the agency and that's what you would put on your resume if at all you don't work for the hospital. Yeah I just talk to your agency more shifts there you're not obligated.