Impact of Nursing Professionalism on Perception of Patient Privacy Protection in Nursing Students: Mediating Effect of Nursing Informatics Competency

Abstract

In recent times, as the healthcare system becomes more informational, the importance of patient privacy protection increases, making it necessary to identify factors that affect the perception of patient privacy protection. This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between nursing professionalism and the perception of patient privacy protection and the mediating role of nursing informatics competency. The study recruited 242 nursing students who had experienced dealing with patient information during clinical practice. The mediating model using the Hayes’ PROCESS macro (Model 4) was employed to test the study hypothesis. Nursing professionalism was found to be positively and significantly associated with the perception of patient privacy protection (β = 0.09, p = 0.021) with the mediation of nursing informatics (β = 0.18, p < 0.001). Our findings showed that nursing professionalism and nursing informatics competency determined the perception of patient privacy protection. The mediating role of nursing informatics competency implies that curricula designed to enhance nursing informatics competency of nursing students may increase their perception of patient privacy protection.

The Consequences of Hidden Curriculum for Nursing Professionalism: A Qualitative Study

“…Developing professional values is a long-term learning process that leads to professional behavior in clinical environments (1). Professionalism is among the nursing challenges, and it is still controversial among nurses, sociologists, and historians (2,3). Developing nursing professionalism leads to improved care for patients and is also beneficial to individuals and organizations, resulting in the maintenance of the profession by nurses (4).…”

Examining the Effect of an Educational Program on Nursing Students’ Informatics Competencies

“…Nursing schools are charged with preparing competent nurses who can adapt to the profession’s changing demands (Farzandipour et al, 2021). To increase patient safety and overall health care quality (Park & Jeong, 2021), nursing students should be introduced to modern informatics skills, such as documenting patients’ conditions using electronic health records (EHRs; Kleib et al, 2021).…”