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McBride, D. L., LeVasseur, S. A., & Li, D. (2015). Non-work-related use of personal mobile phones by hospital registered nurses. JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 3(1), e3. https://doi.org/10.2196/mhealth.4001
McBride, Deborah L, et al. "Non-work-related use of personal mobile phones by hospital registered nurses." JMIR mHealth and uHealth vol. 3,1 (2015): e3. doi: https://doi.org/10.2196/mhealth.4001
McBride DL, LeVasseur SA, Li D. Non-work-related use of personal mobile phones by hospital registered nurses. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2015 Jan 13;3(1):e3. doi: 10.2196/mhealth.4001. PMID: 25586982; PMCID: PMC4319148.
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JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2015 Jan 13;3(1):e3. doi: 10.2196/mhealth.4001.

Non-work-related use of personal mobile phones by hospital registered nurses.

JMIR mHealth and uHealth

Deborah L McBride, Sandra A LeVasseur, Dongmei Li

Affiliations

  1. Samuel Merritt University, Oakland, CA, United States. [email protected].

PMID: 25586982 PMCID: PMC4319148 DOI: 10.2196/mhealth.4001

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Personal mobile phones and other personal communication devices (smartphones and tablet computers) provide users with an ever-increasing number and diversity of non-work-related activities while at work. In hospitals, where the vigilance of health care workers is essential for patient care, the potential distraction of these devices could be hazardous to patients.

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to determine the frequency of non-work-related use of personal mobile phones and other personal communication devices among hospital registered nurses.

METHODS: In March 2014, a previously validated 30-question survey was emailed to the 10,978 members of the Academy of Medical Surgical Nurses. There were 825 respondents who met the inclusion criteria.

RESULTS: The use of a personal mobile phone or other personal communication device while working (excluding meal times and breaks) was reported by 78.1% (644/825) of respondents. Nurses reported regularly (sometimes, often, or always) sending personal emails and text messages (38.6%, 318/825), reading news (25.7%, 212/825), checking/posting on social networking sites (20.8%, 172/825), shopping (9.6%, 79/825), and playing games (6.5%, 54/825) while working.

CONCLUSIONS: This study found that hospital nurses frequently use their personal mobile phones or other personal communication devices for non-work-related activities at work. The primary activity reported was to send personal emails and text messages to family and friends.

Keywords: Internet; cellular phone; distraction; hospital; non-work related smartphone use; nurses; smartphone

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