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…
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…
Reflecting upon this upcoming team dissemination project, I anticipate that my team will accomplish it all through communication and teamwork. The nursing profession is all about teamwork, communication, and holding responsibilities and accountability. Our communication plan will be open and honest, all being upfront about delegation and responsibilities, which we have found to be the most effective in past team projects. Regarding conflict resolution, the same principle applies: communication, communication, communication! We will all be working together as a team,…
