• Communication—focuses on working with colleagues (fellow nurses, respiratory therapists, providers and patient care technicians) to identify patient-specific goals, as well as determine when to suspend or silence alarms while performing care activities that induce nonactionable alarms
• Electrodes—targets proper skin preparation for daily ECG electrode and pulse oximeter changes
• Appropriateness—encompasses determining what is clinically indicated for the patient and choosing appropriate monitoring parameters with physician and interprofessional team members
• Setup—includes customizing alarm parameters for individual patients at the beginning of each shift
• Education—relates to the need for continuing education on the clinical alarm monitoring systems

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