Literature review about nursing alarm fatigue

TOPIC: NURSING ALARM FATIGUE. (The purpose of using clinical alarms is to alert the healthcare team that the patient has deviated from their normal status. The constant beeping from machines have caused nurses to become desensitized, which has led to a decrease in reaction time due to alarm fatigue. Sensory overload has become the new norm, as nurses find themselves responding to false alarms or ignoring them all together. This psychological toll has led to an increase in disabling and/or silencing alarms in order to minimize the auditory burden. Apparently, the devices designed to enhance patient safety are now contributing to possible harm or detrimental effects.)

The purpose of this assignment is to evaluate your ability to formulate a SIGNIFICANT Clinical question and to summarize, critique, and synthesize current research. This assignment will be a review of the literature directly related to the topic or problem under questioning, followed by an explanation of how your clinical question gets answered out of that review. The purpose of the literature review is to know what others have discovered before you begin your investigation of your own, in order to establish a foundation for the topic (or question) being reviewed. In addition, you will be considering the clinical application of this research to professional nursing practice. This Literature Review will be based upon your individual clinical interest.

The purpose of this assignment is to demonstrate your ability to complete an online literature search on a topic of interest. You will locate, retrieved and summarize at least eight (8) research studies.

References research articles MUST meet the following criteria:
1. Original research studies preferably published from 2013 to the present.
2. At least six of the eight studies should be quantitative research.
3. Two studies may be qualitative (but this is not a requirement).
4. You may also use systematic reviews, metanalysis or clinical practice guidelines.

Make sure that in your paper address the scope of the problem. Including, what is that you are trying to achieve (purpose). In addition, include a description of search strategy you used, including search terms and databases that help you retrieve the material. Follow APA style rules.

Outline for writing your literature review:
1. Introduction
2. Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusion
6. References

It is expected to retrieve evidence-based articles from the following:
– CINAHL/EBSCO
– MEDLINE/EBSCO
– HEALTH SOURCE/NURSING/ACADEMIC EBSCO

NO PLAGIARISM ALLOWED!