Hi Amy! You picked a very good topic! Alarm fatigue is definitely a problem experienced in hospitals in all units. My facility has standing orders for patients on telemetry that allow nurses to set the alarm parameters a certain percentage above or below their resting heart rate depending on their rhythm. It is very helpful in cutting down on inappropriate alarms and reducing fatigue.
That is perfect that they allow you to do this, as it will help decrease the issue of alarms going off when they don’t need to. This will help decrease unnecessary alarms!
Amy, such a great topic and poster in alarming red! It is sad to read that 63% of alarms have gone unchecked according to the study you presented. If it possible to discontinue telemetry monitoring sooner on patients, I could see how the alarm fatigue can be alleviated. I sure wish we did not have to telemetry monitor C-section patients for 24 hours. They get up and walk around six hours after surgery. I am pretty sure the telemetry monitoring room monitors at my hospital do not so much appreciate mom/baby nurses, as they have to call us a lot to put the probe back on.
I could see how that would be a terrible issue! I would think that once their post-op period was over, the telemetry would be able to be discontinued? This would make sense to me anyway.
Good topic! When I worked Med/Surg, the telemetry alarms would go off so many times. I often worried that at some point an alarm would be real and nobody would take it serious. This is a real problem for many floors, not just ICU.
You picked a great topic. This is something the pediatric population struggles with. Alarm fatigue is a real issue, according to Gaines ” A children’s hospital reported 5,300 alarms in a day- 95% of them false.” (2019). This is such an eye opening percent of false alarms. I understand that monitors are 100% necessary but in the pediatric world there is more than just cardiac monitors we place a lot of children on continuous pulse oximetry for bronchiolitis protocols when they are requiring oxygen, and other reasons like seizure precautions. So this is something I love reading about. This needs to be addressing in a pediatric setting as well. Great poster it is very eye catching! You provide great information.
This is a good topic to review and your poster looks nice. Even though, monitors are required and necessary for some patients, alarm fatigue can be challenging at times. A lot of patients are on tele monitors, CPAP, BIPAP, continuous pulse monitoring and they all have alarms parameters that may set off the alarms. It is surprising to see from your poster the results of the studies conducted on alarm fatigue.
Hi Amy! You picked a very good topic! Alarm fatigue is definitely a problem experienced in hospitals in all units. My facility has standing orders for patients on telemetry that allow nurses to set the alarm parameters a certain percentage above or below their resting heart rate depending on their rhythm. It is very helpful in cutting down on inappropriate alarms and reducing fatigue.
That is perfect that they allow you to do this, as it will help decrease the issue of alarms going off when they don’t need to. This will help decrease unnecessary alarms!
Amy, such a great topic and poster in alarming red! It is sad to read that 63% of alarms have gone unchecked according to the study you presented. If it possible to discontinue telemetry monitoring sooner on patients, I could see how the alarm fatigue can be alleviated. I sure wish we did not have to telemetry monitor C-section patients for 24 hours. They get up and walk around six hours after surgery. I am pretty sure the telemetry monitoring room monitors at my hospital do not so much appreciate mom/baby nurses, as they have to call us a lot to put the probe back on.
I could see how that would be a terrible issue! I would think that once their post-op period was over, the telemetry would be able to be discontinued? This would make sense to me anyway.
Good topic! When I worked Med/Surg, the telemetry alarms would go off so many times. I often worried that at some point an alarm would be real and nobody would take it serious. This is a real problem for many floors, not just ICU.
Amy,
You picked a great topic. This is something the pediatric population struggles with. Alarm fatigue is a real issue, according to Gaines ” A children’s hospital reported 5,300 alarms in a day- 95% of them false.” (2019). This is such an eye opening percent of false alarms. I understand that monitors are 100% necessary but in the pediatric world there is more than just cardiac monitors we place a lot of children on continuous pulse oximetry for bronchiolitis protocols when they are requiring oxygen, and other reasons like seizure precautions. So this is something I love reading about. This needs to be addressing in a pediatric setting as well. Great poster it is very eye catching! You provide great information.
This is a good topic to review and your poster looks nice. Even though, monitors are required and necessary for some patients, alarm fatigue can be challenging at times. A lot of patients are on tele monitors, CPAP, BIPAP, continuous pulse monitoring and they all have alarms parameters that may set off the alarms. It is surprising to see from your poster the results of the studies conducted on alarm fatigue.