Alarm fatigue and moral distress in ICU nurses in COVID-19 pandemic.

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Abstract

Most ICU nurses feel overwhelmed by the variety of alarms at the same time. Therefore, nurses experience very stressful situations in relation to many responsibilities and care demands. This stressful condition has recently been exacerbated by COVID-19 and potentially endangers patient safety. The aim of this study was to investigate the alarm fatigue and moral distress of ICU nurses in COVID-19 crisis.

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Journal

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): BMC Nurs

Title: BMC nursing

Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC

ISSN: 1472-6955

ISSN (Print): 1472-6955

Publication date (Electronic): May 24 2022

Volume: 21

Issue: 1

Affiliations

[1 ] Nursing Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.

[2 ] Nursing and Midwifery Sciences Development Research Center, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Iran.

[3 ] 9 DAY Manzariyeh Hospital, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran. askari.nur60@yahoo.com.

[4 ] Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada.

Article

Publisher Item ID: 10.1186/s12912-022-00909-y

DOI: 10.1186/s12912-022-00909-y

PMC ID: 9126748

PubMed ID: 35610610

SO-VID: c231b52d-5135-4215-a690-3dd551c95aa6

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Keywords: Moral distress,Nurse,ICU,Fatigue,COVID-19

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Keywords: Moral distress, Nurse, ICU, Fatigue, COVID-19

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