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Alarm Management: Electrocardiographic Lead Management, Dale Elaine Dominguez Ms.
Alarm Management: Electrocardiographic Lead Management, Dale Elaine Dominguez Ms.
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Abstract
Alarm Management: Electrocardiographic Lead Management
Quality improvement and safety that incorporates the Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) competency of putting in place quality improvements plans that are bases on evidence, analysis, and risk anticipation is the thesis for this project. The associated problem is the myriads of electrocardiographic (ECG) alarms that alert staff to patient issues each day. Of those alerts, 88% to 90% are false or do not require immediate attention (Sendelbach & Jepsen, 2013). The high numbers of false alerts cause staff to become desensitized to the sound. This desensitization may cause staff not to respond to a …