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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
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> Subject: cell phones
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> 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.>>
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>
> 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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