The helpful or hindering effects of in-hospital patient monitor alarms on nurses: A qualitative analysis

CIN - Computers Informatics Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 210-217

  Varpio, Lara ^a   Kuziemsky, Craig ^b   MacDonald, Charlotte ^c   King, W James ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Interruptions; Monitor; Nursing; Qualitative study; Workflow

Indexed keywords

ALARM MONITOR; ARTICLE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING PRACTICE; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATISTICS; WORKFLOW; WORKLOAD;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL ALARMS; HUMANS; NURSE'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; WORKFLOW; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84862129487     PISSN: 15382931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCN.0b013e31823eb581     Document Type: Article

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