**RING** Cellphones in class...

[nurse4theplanet]

UHHHHHH! I have to vent! My ONE pet peeve during class is not the student who asks a zillion questions, the student who always knows someone with the condition that is being discussed, or the student that works somewhere that always performs interventions differently ....it is the student who REPEATEDLY forgets to shut of their #### cell phone! And during a test is the worst!

Our policy is that cell phones must be shut OFF and if yours rings you must immediately leave the classroom, and receive an absence for the day. However, I have never once seen them implement this action. It just irks me! And now they have started a new policy that NO phones can be used in the building, even on breaks because of the excessive ringing in class...but still they do nothing when it happens.

[gauge14iv, MSN, APRN, NP]

The topic is not what constitutes an emergency - the topic is disturbing others with a cell phone.

No excuses for a cell phone going off. You can set it in front of you where you can see it light up on silent if you must, and you can step out to take or return a call, but it should not make noise.

ok...Im getting off this merry go round :)

[Roy Fokker, BSN, RN]

The topic is not what constitutes an emergency - the topic is disturbing others with a cell phone.

This moderator agrees.

A reminder to stick to the topic please.

Thanks,

Roy

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[Marie_LPN, RN, LPN, RN]

Right. You would. Saying you KNOW what you would think if you were a parent when you are not is like saying you KNOW what you would think if you're an African-American and you're not, or a man and you're not, or an unemployed homeless drug addict, if you're not.

LOL so i can't know what i would think in the future if i were a parent, but you would know what i would think when i'm a parent?

That says it all:rolleyes:

BTW the comparison made in reference of being an African American or a man is apples to green peppers. It's not like i will become a man or African American in the future, but there is a chance that i will be a parent.

[Marie_LPN, RN, LPN, RN]

The topic is not what constitutes an emergency - the topic is disturbing others with a cell phone.

And a lot of what i hear (at school) when people gripe (rightfully so) about this is that the instructor should put a stop to it. Perhaps, but, it's pretty ridiculous that an adult has to tell another adult to have some common courtesy. People should have enough sense on their own to turn the thing off w/o being told to.

[Plagueis]

You obviously don't have kids.

Well, I have one, and I am one who is annoyed by the constant cell phone abuse I seee in class, at work, libraries, movie theaters, etc. My parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents survived without cell phones, and no life-threatening emergencies were missed because of this. Many kids will consider "minor" things, such as arguing with siblings or asking if they can watch the Real World, emergencies, and call their parents about this. I've been in too many classes where students interrupted lectures with these "emergencies." The thing I worry about is the fact that this habit can affect cell phone users' future jobs. If they are in the middle of specific procedures, such as personal care or an operation, and their phone rings, will they stop doing their job to answer it? I already see people, many of whom are not parents, do this at previous jobs, and start talking on their phone, forgetting about their duties. My workplace bans cell phone use, except on breaks, and we can be disciplined if we don't follow this rule.

[gauge14iv, MSN, APRN, NP]

A cellphone is a CONVENIENCE - not a necessity.

In addition - it just so happens that the 50 other students in class paid their tuition too and you have no right to rob them of their lecture time. How thoughtless, rude and insensitive can one person be? How is it that the person who answers the cell phone in class or allows it to ring thinks that they are so special that the rules don't apply to them? I suppose the speed limit, the nursing practice act and the unwritten rules of common courtesy don't apply to that individual either. He or she is entitled, right?

[jov]

A cellphone is a CONVENIENCE - not a necessity.

In addition

I thought you were getting off this merry go round lol

[cschmill]

i know this sounds a little gradeschool-like, but it works. we are allowed to have cell phones in class but they have to be off or at least on vibrate. if someone has a call they have to take, they have to get up and leave the classroom. and they also get points taken off from the class, unless it has discussed with the instructor beforehand. if someone has a phone that constantly goes off, the instructors can actually take your phone and hold it until the end of the day.

just a suggestion to anyone that may find it frustrating to have your learning disrupted by the constant ringing.

[jov]

LOL so i can't know what i would think in the future if i were a parent, but you would know what i would think when i'm a parent?

no one said they knew what you would think if you were a parent. What was said was you would think different if you were a parent.

[MizDnurse2b]

Our instructor takes 5 points off of your grade everytime your cell phone rings......needless to say, they stopped going off in class.

[smk1, LPN]

no one said they knew what you would think if you were a parent. What was said was you would think different if you were a parent.

Her point was that the person posting that tidbit of info has no way of knowing if that would be true or not. the term "you would_____" implies knowledge of something they can't possibly know.