Cell Phone Useage

[ame222]

Our agency does not provied cell phones, nor do they reimburse us for business time spent on our own cell phones. I don't think this is fair to be expected to pay for our own plan (family plan) with specific minutes which of course are used up making calls, recieving calls and messages when we are in "no service" areas...which often resultes in overage minutes which are paid at top rate. I have mentioned the possibility of either reimbursing me a specific fee monthly or providing me with a phone for business use only. They haven't moved on this yet. Any suggestions on a different approach? How do others deal with this issue? This ends up being extra money out of our family budget... and causes problems.

[GrumpyRN63, ADN, RN]

We are provided a phone with unlimited useage /no restrictions or limits:), I've used my many times off work(never long distance or abused the privelage) and many nurses I work with have given up their personal cells completely and just use the work one exclusively, I thought pretty much this was the norm in HH, guess I am lucky