Objective To investigate the current status of alarm response fatigue to commonly used monitors among nurses and related influencing factors

and to provide a reference for guaranteeing clinical nursing safety and improving nursing quality. Methods The convenience sampling method was used

and a general information questionnaire and the questionnaire on knowledge

attitude

and practice of alarm response fatigue to commonly used monitors were used to perform an investigation of 519 registered nurses. Results For alarm response fatigue

the nurses had a knowledge score of 3.61 ± 1.68

a belief score of 32.00 ± 5.28

and an attitude score of 29.16 ± 6.59.Sex

age

education background

professional title

mean number of patients cared

and degree of satisfaction with occupation were influencing factors for the knowledge dimension of alarm response fatigue to monitors（P < 0.05）;sex

age

working years

whether he/she was a clinical teacher or not

and mean number of patients cared were influencing factors for belief dimension（P < 0.05）. Sex

education background

professional title

whether he/she was a clinical teacher or not

mean number of patients cared

and intensive care were influencing factors for behavior dimension（P < 0.05）.ConclusionThere is generally a medium level of alarm response ability to commonly used monitors among nurses. While paying attention to sex

young age

low education level

low professional title

and low nursing age

the clinical nursing management should strengthen the training of monitor alarms

optimize nurse-patient ratio

improve the degree of satisfaction with occupation

and cultivate special talents

so as to improve alarm response ability among nurses and ensure the quality and safety of clinical nursing.