Published on in Vol 2, No 1 (2015): Jan-Jun

Nurses' Perceptions and Practices Toward Clinical Alarms in a Transplant Cardiac Intensive Care Unit: Exploring Key Issues Leading to Alarm Fatigue

Nurses' Perceptions and Practices Toward Clinical Alarms in a Transplant Cardiac Intensive Care Unit: Exploring Key Issues Leading to Alarm Fatigue

Nurses' Perceptions and Practices Toward Clinical Alarms in a Transplant Cardiac Intensive Care Unit: Exploring Key Issues Leading to Alarm Fatigue

Azizeh Khaled Sowan   1 , RN,PhD ;   Albert Fajardo Tarriela   2 , RN ;   Tiffany Michelle Gomez   3 , RN,MN ;   Charles Calhoun Reed   3 , RN,PhD ;   Kami Marie Rapp   4 , RN

1 University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, School of Nursing, Department of Health Restoration and Care Systems Management, San Antonio, TX, United States

2 University Health System, Transplant Cardiac ICU, San Antonio, TX, United States

3 University Health System, Center for Nursing Excellence, San Antonio, TX, United States

4 University Health System, Nursing Administration, San Antonio, TX, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Azizeh Khaled Sowan, RN,PhD
  • University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
  • School of Nursing, Department of Health Restoration and Care Systems Management
  • School of Nursing
  • 7703 Floyd Curl Dr. - MC 7975
  • San Antonio, TX, 78229-3900
  • United States
  • Phone: 1 210-567-5799
  • Fax: 1 210-567-1719
  • Email: sowan@uthscsa.edu