Abstract:

It was done as a descriptive study in order to determine the alarm fatigue of intensive care nurses and the affecting factors. The descriptive study was conducted with the participation of 73 nurses working in the intensive care units of a university hospital and volunteering to participate in the study. Nurse information form and Alarm Fatigue Questionnaire were used in data collection. The research data were collected by the researcher in the hospital environment by face-to-face interview method. The mean age of the nurses was 28.7±4.2 years, 58.9% of them were women, and the mean working time in the intensive care unit was 64.5±39.3 months. Nurses' Alarm Fatigue Questionnaire total score average was 19.2±5.7, positive response sub-dimension total score average 10.3±2.2, and negative response sub-dimension total score 8.9±5.0. A weak positive correlation was determined between Alarm Fatigue Questionnaire total score, positive response sub-dimension and negative response sub-dimension mean scores and alarm-related discomfort levels (p<0.05). It was observed that the alarm fatigue of the intensive care nurses was below the average. As nurses' discomfort from alarms increases, their alarm fatigue increases. It can be suggested to reveal the factors that cause alarm fatigue in nurses and to create solutions for alarm management by taking these situations into account.

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