In a message dated 6/24/2005 8:14:11 A.M. Central Daylight Time,  
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I think what the nurses are using isn't a cell phone but a wireless  phone.  
The difference is that the wireless doesn't connect anywhere  outside the 
hospital and is not a breach of confidentiality concern.  If  you look closely, 
I'll bet you will see what looks like samll TV antennas  spaced around on the 
ceiling.  Before it was decreed that cell phones  were OK for visitors to use in 
the general areas, patients and visitors would  complain that staff were 
using them, why couldn't they.  We had to  explain the difference several times a 
day!
 
Just goes to show that things aren't always what they seem on the surface  ( 
a lesson that applies to our dealings with families as  well).



 
Whatever the nurses are using, virtually every hospital allows patients to  
use cell phones in the hospital setting except for in the ICU/SICU areas.  
 
And pretty soon you'll be able to use them on airplanes too.  Oh  joy.
 
Jan

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