Use of Personal Communication Devices in Patient Care Settings
How can the use of the nurse’s personal communication device(s) impact patient care positively and/or negatively? What are the ethical and legal implications? What does the professional literature say about how communication devices can support safe nursing practice?
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The negative effects include transmission of bacteria from mobile devices to risky environments, interference of cellular network with some medical equipment’s, nurses being distracted and not paying close attention to their patients due to use of mobile devices by reading emails, text messages, visiting social media websites and surfing the internet. All this will affect…
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