Research on nurse alarm fatigue in ICU:a scoping review
CHEN Hanqian
DONG Xia
LI Qiulin
XIA Hongyan
DUAN Huaqing
Abstract：Objective:To understand the current research status of alarm fatigue among intensive care unit(ICU)nurses at home and abroad.Methods:According to the scoping review method framework,the literature on alarm fatigue of ICU nurses in the CNKI,WanFang Database,VIP,CBM,PubMed,Web of Science,the Cochrane Library,and EMbase was searched.The search time limit was set from the establishment of the database to On March 9,2024.Two researchers independently conducted screening and data extraction,summarized the included literature and reported the results.Results:A total of 26 documents were included,and the research showed that factors affecting ICU nurses'alarm fatigue including general demographic factors,environmental factors,alarm-related factors,and psychological factors.The intervention strategies to deal with nurse alarm fatigue in the study were not very different,and mainly focus on education and training,alarm system and parameter optimization,multidisciplinary cooperation and comprehensive intervention measures.Conclusion:The influencing factors of ICU nurses'alarm fatigue are multifaceted,and the role of some research variables needs to be further explored.At the same time,it is also necessary to strengthen the development of localized assessment tools for ICU nurses'alarm fatigue.The current intervention measures are mainly education and training.In the future,machine algorithms can be introduced in monitoring and alarm processing to promote the development of clinical practice.
Keywords：nursesintensive care unitICUalarm fatiguescoping review
Publication Date：2024-12-15
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：7( 4245-4251 )