Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
E-Journal of Dokuz Eylul University Nursing Faculty, cilt.16, sa.4, ss.513-523, 2023 (Scopus)
Background: Nurses are responsible for recording and protecting patients' personal health data. Objectives: This research was conducted to determine the attitudes of nursing students towards the regitration and preservation of personal health data. Methods: The population of the descriptive and cross-sectional research consisted of 1221 nursing students studying in the nursing department of a state university in the south of Turkey in the 2018-2019 academic year. Sample selection was not made in the study and the entire universe was taken into the sample. The research was completed with 708 nursing students (participation rate 58%). The research data were collected using the "Student Descriptive Form" and the " Attitude Scale for Recording and Protecting Personal Health Data". Analyzes of the data were made using descriptive statistics, Independent t-test and analysis of variance in a statistical package program. Results: The mean score of the scale were 4.20 ±.58, and the subscale mean scores were 4.13 ±.63 for "Personal health data information"; 4.36±.64 for “Legal Information”; 4.38 ±.70 for “Legal Data Sharing”; It was determined that it was 4.00 ±.74 for “Personal Health Data Sharing” and 3.99 ±.79 for “Recording of Personal Health Data”. Female, 4th grade students and students whose income was equal to their expenses had significantly higher mean scores (p <.05). Conclusion: As a result, it was determined that nursing students' attitudes towards recording and protection of personal data were positive and their awareness was high.