Aye ya.
Was being said by my senior this morning when my phone suddenly goes off in my pocket.
She was quite harsh as in right in front of the patient she said "can you answer the call later or not!"when I walked out of the curtain wanting to silence the phone.
The problem is, it was not a phone call, it was the music player that I accidentally turned on when I was leaning towards the patient's bed. If I don't walk out of the curtain take off my gloves and switch it off, the music would go on and on.
I just talk back to her as in telling her that I am NOT answering phone call and that music was not even my ringtone!
Haiz.
One thing about me when I am working is that I don't switch on ringer for my mobile, NOT even vibrator because to me, they are a form of distraction, I need 100% focus at work and I can't afford to have something making the vibration sound in my pocket when I am talking to my patients.
I don't answer phone call in front of patients also as I was told that this is very unprofessional. I am not like those specialized nurses or doctors that would need to answer phone calls as they are being called every now and then to review patients at different locations, so rather than let the phone ring and vibrate and distract me, I might as well just silence it totally!
That was why also when that year Cousin and my family was calling me so many times to inform me about my uncle, I missed the last chance to see him at the other hospital's A&E. I only came to know about it when I was lost at the day surgery to pick up a case and then I realized there was so many missed calls and SMSes then I know something bad happened and I felt so bad about it, so for a period of time after that I left my phone's vibration on till I feel I get too distracted again I stopped and I just gave my brother my department's phone number.
Too bad my colleague probably didn't noticed that for so many months working with her never at all I have picked up my handphone in front of patients, not even SMS-es.
Haiz.
What to do?
