<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">

<sec><h3>Objective</h3><p>To explore the nurses’ behaviors regarding clinical alarms, analyze the related influencing factors, and provide rationales for alarm management.</p></sec>
<sec><h3>Methods</h3><p>A cross-sectional survey was conducted in China. The self-made questionnaire of nurses’ clinical alarm-related knowledge, attitude, and behavior (NCAKAB) was used.</p></sec>
<sec><h3>Results</h3><p>The valid response rate was 98.66% (<italic>n</italic> = 2368). The average nurses’ clinical alarm-related behaviors (NCAB) score was 65.14 ± 7.95 (out of 85). The dimension scores of NCAB from high to low were alarm learning (4.02 ± 0.85, out of 5), alarm response (27.99 ± 3.64, out of 35), alarm setting (19.24 ± 3.88, out of 25), alarm recognition (7.63 ± 1.68, out of 10) and alarm notification (6.25 ± 1.84, out of 10). There were significant differences in alarm behavior scores between nurses of different ages (<italic>F</italic> = 4.619, <italic>P</italic> = 0.000), nursing stints (<italic>F</italic> = 9.564, <italic>P</italic> = 0.000), professional titles (<italic>F</italic> = 4.425, <italic>P</italic> = 0.004), departments (<italic>F</italic> = 9.166, <italic>P</italic> = 0.000), and hospital levels (<italic>t</italic> = 2.705, <italic>P</italic> = 0.007). The study showed that nurses’ total alarm behavior scores were positively correlated with the total alarm knowledge score (<italic>r</italic> = 0.267; <italic>P</italic> &lt; 0.001) and the total alarm attitude score (<italic>r</italic> = 438; <italic>P</italic> &lt; 0.001).</p></sec>
<sec><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Nurses scored highest in alarm learning, followed by alarm response, alarm setting, alarm recognition, and alarm notification behavior. The factors that influenced alarm behavior included age, title, department, nursing stint, hospital level, professional title, alarm-related training, willingness to participate in alarm-related training, whether or not departments have improved alarm management over the last 3 years, and whether or not departments have formulated norms for alarm management. Nurses with higher scores for clinical alarm knowledge had higher correlating scores for alarm behavior; similarly, nurses with higher scores for clinical alarm attitude had higher scores for alarm-related behavior.</p></sec>
</abstract>

ObjectiveTo explore the nurses’ behaviors regarding clinical alarms, analyze the related influencing factors, and provide rationales for alarm management.
MethodsA cross-sectional survey was conducted in China. The self-made questionnaire of nurses’ clinical alarm-related knowledge, attitude, and behavior (NCAKAB) was used.
ResultsThe valid response rate was 98.66% (n = 2368). The average nurses’ clinical alarm-related behaviors (NCAB) score was 65.14 ± 7.95 (out of 85). The dimension scores of NCAB from high to low were alarm learning (4.02 ± 0.85, out of 5), alarm response (27.99 ± 3.64, out of 35), alarm setting (19.24 ± 3.88, out of 25), alarm recognition (7.63 ± 1.68, out of 10) and alarm notification (6.25 ± 1.84, out of 10). There were significant differences in alarm behavior scores between nurses of different ages (F = 4.619, P = 0.000), nursing stints (F = 9.564, P = 0.000), professional titles (F = 4.425, P = 0.004), departments (F = 9.166, P = 0.000), and hospital levels (t = 2.705, P = 0.007). The study showed that nurses’ total alarm behavior scores were positively correlated with the total alarm knowledge score (r = 0.267; P < 0.001) and the total alarm attitude score (r = 438; P < 0.001).
ConclusionsNurses scored highest in alarm learning, followed by alarm response, alarm setting, alarm recognition, and alarm notification behavior. The factors that influenced alarm behavior included age, title, department, nursing stint, hospital level, professional title, alarm-related training, willingness to participate in alarm-related training, whether or not departments have improved alarm management over the last 3 years, and whether or not departments have formulated norms for alarm management. Nurses with higher scores for clinical alarm knowledge had higher correlating scores for alarm behavior; similarly, nurses with higher scores for clinical alarm attitude had higher scores for alarm-related behavior.

Nurses’ clinical alarm-related behaviors and influencing factors in China<xref ref-type="fn" rid="j_fon-2022-0023_fn_001"><sup>†</sup></xref>

Teaching and Research Section of Clinical Nursing

Xiangya Hospital of Central South University

Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Xiangya Hospital

Xiangya Nursing School of Central South University

Frontiers of Nursing

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Nurses’ clinical alarm-related behaviors and influencing factors in China

ObjectiveTo explore the nurses’ behaviors regarding clinical alarms, analyze the related influencing factors, and provide rationales for alarm...

Nurses’ clinical alarm-related behaviors and influencing factors in China^†

Article Category: Original Article

Published Online: Aug 03, 2022

Page range: 173 - 186

Received: Nov 11, 2021

Accepted: Jan 22, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2022-0023

Keywords
behavior, clinical alarm, factors, nurses, patient safety

© 2022 Zhu-Jun Liao et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Nurses’ clinical alarm-related behaviors and influencing factors in China†

Article Category: Original Article

Published Online: Aug 03, 2022

Page range: 173 - 186

Received: Nov 11, 2021

Accepted: Jan 22, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2022-0023

Keywordsbehavior, clinical alarm, factors, nurses, patient safety

© 2022 Zhu-Jun Liao et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Nurses’ clinical alarm-related behaviors and influencing factors in China^†

Keywords
behavior, clinical alarm, factors, nurses, patient safety