AAARRRGGGGHHH!! Stupid cell phones!

[lovingtheunloved]

Why is it that people insist on carrying their cells on the floor? They ring and they feel that they must answer it and carry on a conversation. That's why I pay for voice mail! If there's an emergency that absolutely demands my attention, (death, fire, disaster,) my family has my work number. There's one CNA with a company issued cell because she's a driver. Other than that, it's highly innappropriate.

[missmercy]

Sure, I have a cell phone -- very handy! VERY innappropriate at work though!!! Mine is turned off until work is over and I am heading home!! As a prior post stated -- if there is an emergency, my hubby, the kids school and my in-laws( Not to mention that lots of folks know where I work and could find me if needed) all have my work number!!!

Had a patient (MI) who thought we were viscious, cruel and sadistic people because we wouldn't let him have his work cell while recovering. He "just wanted to keep up with what was happening at the office".... HMMMM! Wonder why the guy had an MI?! A bit stressed, type A.......?

[missmercy]

Sure, I have a cell phone -- very handy! VERY innappropriate at work though!!! Mine is turned off until work is over and I am heading home!! As a prior post stated -- if there is an emergency, my hubby, the kids school and my in-laws( Not to mention that lots of folks know where I work and could find me if needed) all have my work number!!!

Had a patient (MI) who thought we were viscious, cruel and sadistic people because we wouldn't let him have his work cell while recovering. He "just wanted to keep up with what was happening at the office".... HMMMM! Wonder why the guy had an MI?! A bit stressed, type A.......?

[boulergirl, CNA]

There's a girl on day shift who yakked on her cell phone the other day the whole time she was serving residents breakfast in the Alzheimer unit. Maybe I should have grabbed the phone and dropped it in someone's juice. Oopsie!

[boulergirl, CNA]

There's a girl on day shift who yakked on her cell phone the other day the whole time she was serving residents breakfast in the Alzheimer unit. Maybe I should have grabbed the phone and dropped it in someone's juice. Oopsie!

[arkansas_girl]

LOL!!! You should have!

[arkansas_girl]

LOL!!! You should have!

[Euskadi1946]

Not to mention when people are driving and are not paying attention to the road while they are on cell phones. ARRRRGGGHHHHH!!!! I almost got hit by a driver who was yakking on the cell phone and not paying attention to the road!!!!

[Limik]

I agree. I hate cell phones at work. I turn mine off whenever I go to work. Don't you hate it when you are interviewing a patient and they stop to answer their cell phone. So rude! :angryfire

Limik

[hypnotic_nurse]

I carry mine...but it's on vibrate. The only people that call are my two kids or my parents or my ex-mom-in-law...and if they call me while I'm at work they really need me.

If there's already an emergency situation that I'm aware of (g'ma in the hospital and on a respirator -- or daughter in a five car pile-up -- both have happened) I let my patients know that if the phone rings I will probably have to answer right away. Otherwise I return the call when I can.

When I am at the hospital, I'm a floater and the house supervisor doesn't always know where I've been sent, once my kids were told that I hadn't shown up at all when I'd been there for 3 hours already. So calling the hospital is out. When I'm at my research job, I'm all over campus seeing patients/MDs/other nurses/whoever else I need to see to get the job done. And I'd rather get a cell phone call (and a message) than have them beep my pager with their number and "911" which is just scary, especially the time my daughter at age 10 did that so I'd bring home milk. (it's a learning curve, I suppose, for them to understand what an "emergency" truly is)

It's just not easy being a single mom of teenagers with parents in their 80s.

But I agree that nonstop yakking or calling just to talk is NOT ok.

[veteranRN]

I think if a patient is well enough to answer a cell phone they obviously do not meet inpatient criteria:angryfire

[Sadie04]

As if many Americans' manners weren't bad enough, cell phones have made them so much worse! :angryfire There are signs all over the hospital about not using cell phones in pt care areas, but patients and families continue to ignore them. The other day I walked into my post-open heart patient's room to adjust his insulin drip and his mother (he was only 28) had her cell phone plugged into the wall and laying in bed with the patient. When I looked down at it, she said "Oh, I'm just charging my phone."

Our local coffee house has a sign next to the cash register that says "cell phone free line, please refrain from talking on your cell phone while waiting for your coffee" I love it! :)

[JVanRN]

and not to mention yhe DR.s that walk around the hospital on cell phones....i know they have a valid reason to have one but should they be using it in the hospial?