Both the hospitals I have worked in most recently do
not allow nurses to carry their personal cell phones
while on the job, but I have noted that the policy is
fairly regularly ignored. 

Judie Gibel, RN, MSc, IBCLC
Miami FL

> Date:    Thu, 23 Jun 2005 14:50:45 EDT
> From:    [log in to unmask]
> Subject: cell phones
> 
>  
> Tina writes:
>  
> <<One hospital I have  been at has a policy that
> cell phones may not be used
> as the reception  interrupts with the monitors, etc.
> in the hospital - so
> signs are posted all  over stating that cell phones
> must be turned off, and
> the staff is vigilant  about reinforcing this.  The
> staff use pagers.>>
> 
>  
>  
> Many hospitals have that "policy"  but it is bogus
> unless perhaps you are in 
> a critical care area.  Most  hospitals now allow
> cell phones anywhere -- in 
> fact, all our nurses carry them  in the OB area.
>  
>  
> 
> Jan Barger, RN, MA, IBCLC, Wheaton IL
> _www.lactationeducationconsultants.com_ 
> (http://www.lactationeducationconsultants.com/) 


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