{"title":"Use of Personal Cell Phones by Nurses is Barrier to Effective Nursing Care in Hospitals: A Qualitative Research.","authors":"Reza Negarandeh, Masoumeh Malek, Somayeh Molaee, Esmaeil Mohammadnejad, Sanaz Aazami","doi":"10.1080/00185868.2024.2389087","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Using cell phones by nurses can affect the quality of care. This study aimed to explore the consequences of using cell phones by nurses in hospitals. A qualitative approach was used. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews. Nursing staff, patients, and their relatives participated in this study. Categories of \"emotionless care,\" \"neglect in care,\" \"impaired professional behavior\" and a main theme of \"Personal cell phone is a barrier to effective nursing care\" extracted. Using cell phone during work could jeopardize patients' safety and ruins the nursing profession image. It is necessary to formulate guidelines on how to use cell phones in hospitals.</p>","PeriodicalId":55886,"journal":{"name":"Hospital Topics","volume":" ","pages":"1-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-08-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Hospital Topics","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00185868.2024.2389087","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"Medicine","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Using cell phones by nurses can affect the quality of care. This study aimed to explore the consequences of using cell phones by nurses in hospitals. A qualitative approach was used. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews. Nursing staff, patients, and their relatives participated in this study. Categories of "emotionless care," "neglect in care," "impaired professional behavior" and a main theme of "Personal cell phone is a barrier to effective nursing care" extracted. Using cell phone during work could jeopardize patients' safety and ruins the nursing profession image. It is necessary to formulate guidelines on how to use cell phones in hospitals.
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Hospital Topics is the longest continuously published healthcare journal in the United States. Since 1922, Hospital Topics has provided healthcare professionals with research they can apply to improve the quality of access, management, and delivery of healthcare. Dedicated to those who bring healthcare to the public, Hospital Topics spans the whole spectrum of healthcare issues including, but not limited to information systems, fatigue management, medication errors, nursing compensation, midwifery, job satisfaction among managers, team building, and bringing primary care to rural areas. Through articles on theory, applied research, and practice, Hospital Topics addresses the central concerns of today"s healthcare professional and leader.