Browsing by Subjects (CINAHL) "Electrocardiography"

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Challenges of customizing ECG alarm settings in intensive care units: A mixed methods study

Ruppel, Halley; Funk, Marjorie; Kennedy, Holly; Bonafide, Christopher; Wung, Shu-Fen; Whittemore, Robin (2018-03-22)

Background: Alarm fatigue is a well-established patient safety concern in acute care settings. One mechanism for reducing this phenomenon and improving patient care is customization of alarm settings to reflect individual ...
Impact of daily electrocardiographic electrode changes upon technical related cardiac monitor alarm events

Smith, Deborah H. (2017-09-21)

Alarm fatigue occurs when excessive alarms cause nurses to disregard alarms posing a significant patient safety threat. This quality improvement project utilized the plan-do-check-act approach to examine the impact of daily ...
Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters (PICC) and the Efficacy of Tip Placement Confirmation with ECG Ultrasound-Guided Technology and Chest Radiography

Morrell, Elizabeth A.

AIM: The aim of this study was to appraise the efficacy of peripherally inserted central catheters (PICC) tip placement confirmation using a fully-integrated magnetic tracking system and ECG ultrasound-guided insertion ...