Bedside monitors are frequently used in monitoring vital signs of critically ill patients. Nurses working in healthcare facilities, especially in intensive care units, are required to manage devices with different alarm threshold values, categories, and types of alerts, leading to alarm fatigue. In response to this serious threat to patient safety, the FDA and The Joint Commission worked to develop strategies to address alarm fatigue in 2011. Alarm monitoring, identification of the cause, and silencing are typically performed by nurses. When reviewing alarm control studies in the literature, the CEASE care package developed by Levis et al. in 2019 was encountered. The tool was developed for personalized clinical alarm monitoring for the patient.
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The use of the CEASE care package tool will result in a decrease in the number of alarms in the intensive care unit end of the 3 weeks.
Timeframe: 2 months
The use of the CEASE care package tool will lead to a reduction in alarm fatigue levels end of the 3 weeks.
Timeframe: 2 months