Location
Turner Gymnasium
Access Type
Open Access
Presentation Type
Printed poster
Entry Number
22
Start Date
4-16-2026 12:00 PM
End Date
4-16-2026 1:15 PM
School
School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Department
Nursing
Keywords
patient safety, overstimulated, alarm fatigue, intensive care unit, ICU
Abstract
Within hospital care, particularly in intensive care units, alarm fatigue poses a major threat to patient safety. As a result of the constant sound of alarms, nurses become desensitized and overstimulated in the health care setting. Patient safety is threatened by an increased risk of errors in care, which may lead to complications and poor health outcomes. By systematically reviewing various research studies within the time span of 2020-2025 regarding interventions to decrease the relevance of alarm fatigue, research suggests that there are methods that can be applied via numerous approaches. By customizing alarm sounds by severity, it is believed that response time and nurses’ stress levels would be decreased. Furthermore, the research reveals that interventions such as the implementation of new protocols and training will, in time, reduce the incidence of fatigue within the healthcare setting. By implementing evidence-based strategies to recognize the importance of alarm fatigue and its consequences, outcomes such as improved patient safety, improved health outcomes, work efficiency, and decreased burnout will be achieved. To ensure long-term improvements and regular evaluation of alarm management strategies in critical care, ongoing research and efforts should be emphasized and evaluated. These efforts will aim to decrease the prevalence of alarm fatigue among intensive care upon nurses.
Primary Faculty Mentor(s)
Dr. Susan Braud
Primary Faculty Mentor(s) Department
Department of Nursing
Additional Faculty Mentor(s)
N/A
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The Impact of Customized Alarm Sounds on Reducing Alarm Fatigue in ICU Nurses
Turner Gymnasium
Within hospital care, particularly in intensive care units, alarm fatigue poses a major threat to patient safety. As a result of the constant sound of alarms, nurses become desensitized and overstimulated in the health care setting. Patient safety is threatened by an increased risk of errors in care, which may lead to complications and poor health outcomes. By systematically reviewing various research studies within the time span of 2020-2025 regarding interventions to decrease the relevance of alarm fatigue, research suggests that there are methods that can be applied via numerous approaches. By customizing alarm sounds by severity, it is believed that response time and nurses’ stress levels would be decreased. Furthermore, the research reveals that interventions such as the implementation of new protocols and training will, in time, reduce the incidence of fatigue within the healthcare setting. By implementing evidence-based strategies to recognize the importance of alarm fatigue and its consequences, outcomes such as improved patient safety, improved health outcomes, work efficiency, and decreased burnout will be achieved. To ensure long-term improvements and regular evaluation of alarm management strategies in critical care, ongoing research and efforts should be emphasized and evaluated. These efforts will aim to decrease the prevalence of alarm fatigue among intensive care upon nurses.