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spotted this yesterday in the mail..
a nurse has been suspended for talking on her mobile phone while taking a patients blood..
what is happening to the NHS?? I have a mobile phone at work- its on silent and only there so my kids can phone in a emergency but I wouldnt dream of answering it and having a converstation while talking to a patient!!
spotted this yesterday in the mail..a nurse has been suspended for talking on her mobile phone while taking a patients blood..
what is happening to the NHS?? I have a mobile phone at work- its on silent and only there so my kids can phone in a emergency but I wouldnt dream of answering it and having a converstation while talking to a patient!!
I have worked with nurses who talk on their cell phones, and text all the time in pt rooms. They should all be fired.
I've performance managed staff who insist on using their phone in this way -what are the organisation's policies and management like in enforcing them I wonder? For me, this behaviour is rude and discourteous - and also theft - the nurse was being paid for her time. I bet she didn't declare this as 'break' time.
As for the Daily Mail - I too used to fend off 'mircale cure' claims with my cancer patients who were having chemo. The best use for the daily mail is as carpet protector when I am polishing my shoes or for wrapping up fish and chips....
Personally, I don't think there's any difference between talking on a unit phone and talking on a cell phone whilst giving patient care......both are discourteous......but we are mandated to carry a unit phone with us at all times, and answer it in a timely manner, irrespective of what we're doing at the time. The whole thing just makes me want to
Me too. And then I think to myself that it isn't my fault they won't employ a unit secretary. At one time I didn't carry it into peoples rooms but then I kept losing it and was also "spoken to" because I didn't answer it on numerous occasions. What did they think I was doing - filing my nails and reading a magazine?
letina
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Some interesting views here about nurses talking on the phone whilst at work. I can only speak for where I work, but most of us seem to have a phone permanently glued to our ear! Personally, I don't think there's any difference between talking on a unit phone and talking on a cell phone whilst giving patient care......both are discourteous......but we are mandated to carry a unit phone with us at all times, and answer it in a timely manner, irrespective of what we're doing at the time. The whole thing just makes me want to