I am working on the final project of my RN-BSN bridge program. If you are a hospital nurse who regularly has patients on cardiac telemetry and pulse-oximetry monitors, would you be willing to do me a huge favor by completing a short anonymous 10-question survey? Thank you so much! Feedback on this thread is also welcome. I am working with my hospital to develop clinical alarm management practices that will reduce the risks of alarm fatigue. I'll post survey results on this thread in case you're interested.
Alarm fatigue occurs when nurses or other caregivers, overloaded by being exposed to an excessive number of alarms, become desensitized or immune to the alarms. As a result, the response to alarms can be delayed, alarm limits may be adjusted outside the limits that are safe, and the alarms may be muted or turned off altogether - all of which can create an unsafe situation for the patient.
Ulrich, B. (2013). Alarm fatigue: A growing problem. Nephrology Nursing Journal, 40(4): 293, 346.
