Nurse Information Security Policy Compliance, Information Competence, and Information Security Attitudes Predict Information Security Behavior.
Comput Inform Nurs
; 41(8): 595-602, 2023 Aug 01.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-36730714
ABSTRACT
Nurses' attitudes toward information security can influence the hospital's information resources management and development. This study investigated the relationships between nurses' information security policy compliance, information competence, and information security attitudes, which are factors that influence information security behavior. Data were collected during September 2020. The participants were 200 clinical nurses from a general hospital in Korea. The self-reported questionnaire included questions on nurses' general characteristics, information security policy compliance, information competence, and information security attitudes. Information security policy compliance ( r = 0.554, P < .001) and information competence ( r = 0.614, P < .001) were positively associated with information security attitudes. Predictors of nurses' information security attitudes were information competence ( ß = .439), information security policy compliance ( ß = .343), prior information security-related education ( ß = .113), and job position (nurse manager; ß = .101). Implications for practice include the need for strategies to develop information security policy compliance and information competence to improve information security behavior, including different approaches tailored to nurses' job positions and previous information security education.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Attitude of Health Personnel
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Nursing Staff, Hospital
Type of study:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Comput Inform Nurs
Journal subject:
ENFERMAGEM
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INFORMATICA MEDICA
Year:
2023
Document type:
Article