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/) 
"I  would rather live my life as if there is a God, and die to find out there 
isn't,  than live my life as though there isn't, and die to find out there 
is." -  Pascal

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