Alarms are intended to alert caregivers of potential patient problems. But if alarms are not properly managed, they can compromise patient safety.
After completing the assigned readings:
Respond in one strategy per level.
Develop one alarm management and patient safety strategies for each of the following levels of care:
Organizational
Unit
Individual caregiver
Review the rubric for more information on how your assignment will be graded.
Submit as an attachment to the assignment area.
The readings are here:
Cho, O. M., Kim, H., Lee, Y. W., & Cho, I. (2016). Clinical alarms in intensive care units: Perceived obstacles of alarm management and alarm fatigue in nurses. Healthcare Informatics Research, 22(1), 46–53. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4756058/
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The Joint Commission. (2013). Sentinel event alert issue 50: Medical device alarm safety in hospitals. https://www.jointcommission.org/sea_issue_50/
The rubric is in the drag-and-drop file area
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