Assessment of Critical Care Nurses' Knowledge and Perceptions Regarding Alarm Fatigue

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critical care nursing. nursing faculty. Mansoura University. Cairo. Egypt

10.21608/mnj.2025.364054.1493

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Assessment of Critical Care Nurses’ Knowledge and Perceptions Regarding Alarm Fatigue
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Background: In clinical practice, an extensive number of false alarms is still difficult to resolve, which causes nurses and other healthcare professionals to become overworked and exhausted. Therefore, one of the biggest problems that nurses face in clinical practice is excessive alerts. Aim: To assess critical care nurses’ knowledge and perceptions regarding alarms fatigue. Study design: A descriptive exploratory research design was utilized. Setting: This study was carried out at Medical ICUs of Medical Specialized Hospital - Mansoura University, Egypt. Sample type: A convenient sample was chosen. Study sample: A sample of (70) CCNs with more than one year of working experience in ICUs and involved in patients’ care. Tools: Nurses’ Alarm Fatigue Questionnaire, and CCNs’ Alarm Fatigue Perception Questionnaire were used to utilized this study. Results: It Showed that, 48.3% demonstrated good knowledge of alarm fatigue, 26.7% had average knowledge, and 25.0% exhibited poor knowledge. Also, 61.7% demonstrated a satisfactory perceptions of alarm fatigue, while 38.3% had unsatisfactory perceptions. Significant associations were found between nurses’ educational background and knowledge level (p < 0.001). Conclusion: the data indicate that knowledge regarding alarm fatigue is generally good, nearly half of nurses demonstrating strong understanding. Perceptions of alarm fatigue also appear satisfactory among majority of nurses. A positive correlation between CCNs’ knowledge regarding alarm fatigue and their perceptions (p<0.002). Recommendation: A regular assessments of alarm fatigue is important to determine training needs, and enhance nurses' alarm management skills and knowledge.

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