The effects of alarm fatigue on the tendency to make medical errors in nurses working in intensive care units
Gamze Gündoğan,
Semra Erdağı Oral
Abstract:BackgroundAlarm fatigue resulting from exposure to multiple alarms is an important problem that threatens patient safety. The fact that each device in intensive care units works with different alarm systems increases the number and variety of alarms.AimThe aim of this study was to determine the effects of alarm fatigue on the tendency of nurses working in intensive care units to make medical errors.Study DesignA cross‐sectional and correlational design were used in this study. The study was carried out with 38… Show more
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