Alarm setting for the critically ill patient: A descriptive pilot survey of nurses' perceptions of current practice in an Australian Regional Critical Care Unit

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 204-210

  Christensen, Martin ^a   Dodds, Andrew ^b   Sauer, Josh ^b   Watts, Nigel ^b  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Intensive Care Unit Lismore Base Hospital ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Alarm desensitisation; Alarm fatigue; False alarms; Nuisance alarms

Indexed keywords

ALARM MONITOR; AUDITORY FATIGUE; AUSTRALIA; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEVICES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUDITORY FATIGUE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ALARMS; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PILOT PROJECTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84901647675     PISSN: 09643397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iccn.2014.02.003     Document Type: Article

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