Overall, our audience responded very well to our presentation. They all seemed to be in agreement with our research findings. Since this unit is a cardiac telemetry unit, alarm fatigue is a very prominent and relevant issue to these nurses. Even just the few weeks that we were there for clinical, our team agreed that alarm fatigue is real and we were even affected by it, so we couldn’t imagine working 12+ hour shifts and not feeling any symptoms of…
During any sort of disaster, whether it be natural or man-made, nurses have proven to be the backbone of their communities and aiding in recovery. Disaster management is crucial in all communities, and follows a basic framework of mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. Nurses play roles and have responsibilities in each of these steps of disaster management. Mitigation involves minimizing the effects of a disaster, which may include preventative measures and education regarding disaster management. Nurses’ part in this role…
Death with dignity is a controversial topic amongst healthcare workers and people across the country. Personally, I think that if someone who is terminally ill and wants to pass on their own terms with their loved ones, then they should be able to. Some people say that it is not humane nor ethical for a healthcare provider to prescribe a medication that ends someone’s life, but neither is letting them continue to suffer when you know they are in chronic…
Throughout the process of this project, my knowledge of the topic of alarm fatigue in nurses has significantly grown. For this project, we have identified the basic topic of alarm fatigue and then dove deeper, looking at factors influencing this, interventions, nurse and patient outcomes, etc. Before doing research and gathering peer reviewed literature and journals, I honestly did not expect there to be so many varying factors and the impact of nurses and patients to be so significant. My…
