Irony regarding cellphone use at work

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Specializes in ER.

Our unit got another one of our periodic reminders to quit looking at our phones at work. So, my last shift I made a concerted effort to comply. Yes, I'm as guilty as the whippersnappers!

What do you know, when I got home after midnight I'd missed a text from the assistant manager about working the next day, lol. So sad. I would have replied quickly if I was checking my phone frequently at work like normal...

I apologized the next day when I replied that I couldn't work.

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Specializes in retired LTC.

There is a God in heaven! :roflmao:

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Specializes in Oncology.

I work house supervision now so have to carry my work cell phone with me at work. When people are busy I try and do what I can to help out with patient care. I don't want to get totally rusty with the hands on stuff! I feel like I need to explain myself all the time to patients when I'm trying to draw blood and my phone is ringing in my pocket the entire time.

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Haha... whoops.

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Darn, I know you're crushed. ;)

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Specializes in ER.
Darn, I know you're crushed. ;)

LOL, more like 'amused'! :laugh:

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Specializes in Healthcare risk management and liability.

I have had problems with staff using their cellphones to take pictures of the chart as displayed on the monitor, for purposes of breaching privacy. I had to write a 'don't do that' policy. There have been some reported cases on this throughout the country, some of which involved celebrities and staff selling the celebrities medical information to the media.

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I have had problems with staff using their cellphones to take pictures of the chart as displayed on the monitor, for purposes of breaching privacy. I had to write a 'don't do that' policy. There have been some reported cases on this throughout the country, some of which involved celebrities and staff selling the celebrities medical information to the media.
I know I shouldn't be shocked that people do this, yet here I am, shocked. I mean, WHO DOES THAT???!!? Ew.
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Specializes in Clinical Research, Outpt Women's Health.

I love irony!

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Specializes in Psych ICU, addictions.

Smile and tell them that you would have been happy to work (or whatever you want to say), but--gosh darn it--we're not supposed to be checking our cell phones at work :D

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Specializes in Hospice, corrections, psychiatry, rehab, LTC.

I don't have such problems. I work in a state prison, and it is a crime for me to carry my cell phone at work.

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Specializes in EMS, LTC, Sub-acute Rehab.

I have the exact opposite problem. My DON and UM both call and text about stuff that is work related since they are too cheap to pay for staff email accounts. Only a few doctors will answer phone calls but all will reply to text almost immediately. I feel that I need to be compensated for being required to use my phone for work purposes.

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