texting at work

i text my patients instead of actually talking to them. their families too.

just kidding.

I'm in nursing school. The texting annoys me only slightly less than the students using their laptops to "take notes" who area actually using them to shop or update their facebook pages during class. First, it's a distraction to the rest of us and, second, you may as well stay home and save your gas money if you really don't need to listen to lecture.

I only text my children because I need to know when they are on the bus, and safe, and on their way home.

Otherwise, no.

If I couldn't text at work I could not survive the shift

23 years old. Enough said.

I send maybe 2-3 texts a shift, my brother and I text each other a lot. But I usually go somewhere I can't be seen by patients are other staff. Keeps me a little sane, doesn't affect my patient care. If coworkers can take 15-20 minutes smoke breaks, what does it hurt for me to take 30 seconds to send a text?

23 years old. Enough said.

It has nothing to do with her being 23 years old. I work with nurses well into their 40's who can't look up from their cell phones. I'm 24 years old and frankly I'm a little insulted. Enough said.

Just like anything, texting and such only becomes a problem when it starts interfering with doing your job. No different than surfing the web, talking on the phone, or just sitting around the nurses station talking about the people that are off today.

I see nothing wrong with the occasional text message, in the rare times you're not needing to do something for (or to) your patients. I see plenty wrong with ignoring your job duties and incessantly texting or surfing or chatting or whatever.

23 years old. Enough said.

...Im 20 and as soon as I walk into work mine goes off. Please do not stereotype.

It has nothing to do with her being 23 years old. I work with nurses well into their 40's who can't look up from their cell phones. I'm 24 years old and frankly I'm a little insulted. Enough said.

Yep..23 and insulted too..I hardly ever text @ work and def not during pt care.

I admit I occasionally text at work, but I always excuse myself to the breakroom when I do so. I have also been known to send a text to a doc that says "Call me in CCU when you get a sec, no rush" Then again we know our docs really well and have their cell phone numbers. They really like for us to do this so their pager isn't going off constantly. Again, it isn't all the time or all day long and definately not when I should be doing patient care!

I text the docs regularly too. We have a couple that respond better to text pages telling them what you need rather than just a phone number.

I will occasionally send personal text messages at work, from the breakroom only. I also do not like it when people are gluied to the cell phone while call lights are going off.

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