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Archive > March, 2011 Vol. XII, No. 3

Behind Closed Doors

Texting in the OR

Paula Watkins, RN, CNOR

Texting — sending text messages via wireless phones, for the ancients like me out there — is the primary mode of communication for teenagers these days. I've only started texting within the past year, and I do it unwillingly. I find the whole thing too brief, too impersonal. Plus, I can't get with text messages' over-reliance on acronyms.

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