.....clinician responses to alarms? For example: Physical barriers, physical layout of the unit, RN-pt ratio.The observed influences include the type of alarm, such as whether it was a bed or bathroom alarm versus a technology alarm coming from something like the IV pump.
2. How, as a student, are you educated about alarms and your response to them? How might education regarding the various patient alarms be an issue associated with alarm response?
I have done some research on the clinical implications of alarms and alarm fatigue. For example, Cyach, et al. (n.d.) found that too many alarms causes alarm fatigue, and also creates a "false sense of security," (p. 5). The researchers also found that staff is sometimes not educated about the different types of alarms and what they mean.
3. Who is responsible for alarm response?
The delegation of authority for responses will vary from case to case. In the clinical setting in my unit, which I observed for this analysis, all nurses on duty were responsible. However, some nurses with areas of specialization would attend to additional alarms other than the general ones of the bed alarm,...
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