Impact of Alarm Fatigue on the Work of Nurses in an Intensive Care Environment

Impact of Alarm Fatigue on the Work of Nurses in an Intensive Care Environment

Author

Katarzyna Lewandowska et al

Year
2020
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Clinical reminder alert fatigue in healthcare: a systematic literature review protocol using qualitative evidence

Katarzyna Lewandowska et al. 2020. (View Paper → )

In conditions of intensive therapy, where the patients treated are in a critical condition, alarms are omnipresent. Nurses, as they spend most of their time with patients, monitoring their condition 24 h, are particularly exposed to so-called alarm fatigue.

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