Hello, I'm your nurse today: get off the darned phone!

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I really hate going into someone's room with meds/treatment/assessment and they are on the phone. Ok, well, being on the phone is okay. how about when they continue to talk on the phone, and make no motion of trying to get off the phone.

Seriously. I am standing there, waiting. THey keep talking for a few minutes. Can't they say "Hey, I"ll call you back?"

aarrgh

Specializes in floor to ICU.

it depends on the situation. of course, if it a sweet little ol' person talking I will quietly ask if they need anything and then graciously back out of the room. Other times, I will just stand there at the bedside and smile- most of the times they hang up. If they don't I simply walk out and come back when I can.

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