There is a growing concern relating to people using cell phones to record nurses at work. Examples range from recording the birth of a child to a person waking up after being anesthetized to someone upset about wait times or inefficiencies at the hospital. According to Janet Hazelton, president of the Nova Scotia Nurses Union, recording nurses at work can distract them while performing their jobs and violates the privacy of patients. As Hazelton notes, it makes nurses uneasy. You become very self-conscious. And you worry what are they going to do with it.

Should patients be permitted to record their interactions with nurses? What about non-patients (for instance, family members of the patients or other members of the public) recording nurses at work? Be sure and support your answer