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Aline Affonso Luna1, Roberto Carlos Lyra da Silva1, Maria Tereza Serrano Barbosa1
1Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Objectives:
to estimate the magnitude of the Nursing Activities Score effect on multiparametric monitor alarm response and staff response time.
Methods:
an observational, cross-sectional study outlined as an open cohort, performed in an Adult General Intensive Care Unit. The time taken for alarms triggered by the multi-parameter monitors was timed and characterized as attended or not.
Results:
the study obtained a total of 254 alarms triggered from the multiparameter monitors of 63 patients. The mean number of alarms triggered was 4.5 alarms per period/observation and 1.5 alarms/hour. The study showed that the Nursing Activities Score is associated with an additional probability of 4% (p < 0.05) of an alarm being met, for each additional point in the scale, and reduction in team response time.
Conclusion:
it has been verified that Nursing Activities Score has a direct relationship with the attendance and with the response time to the alarms triggered.
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