Research Journal of Medical Sciences
ISSN: Online 1993-6095ISSN: Print 1815-9346
Abstract
The critically ill patients are technically connected with number of devices who give so many alarms sound and give information about patient condition. The purpose of this study was to assess the alarm fatigue among nurses working in critical care unit setting in Dehradun city. A Quantitative research approach with purposive sampling technique was done in intensive care unit of Himalayan hospital Dehradun. This study includes a total of 120 participants. Data were collected by providing socio‐demographic performa and alarm fatigue questionnaire. This data was analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Most of the participants (93.4%) had moderate level of alarm fatigue followed by severe (5%) and mild (1.6%). About 72.3% participants never turned off the alarm at the beginning of every shift. About50% participants did not feel nervous to alarm sound. About 40% of the participants were paid less attention to the alarm of the equipment. About 32.5% participants were acting differently to low and high volume of the ventilator. About 30% participants sometimes here a certain amount of noise in the ward. About 28.3% participants sometimes believed that much of the noise in the ward is from the alarms of the monitoring equipment. Intensive care unit nurses have an alarm fatigue which create hindrance in their regular work regarding patient care, medication, feeding, charting, providing positioning and assisting physician’s rounds. Nurses should know proper technique which help to minimize the alarm fatigue among them.
How to cite this article:
Tapaswini Pati, Rahul Chauhan, Veena Boswal and Vandana Chauhan. A Study on Alarm Fatigue Among Nurses Working in Critical Care Units from Dehradun City.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/10.59218/makrjms.2023.291.295
URL: https://www.makhillpublications.co/view-article/1815-9346/10.59218/makrjms.2023.291.295