TITLE:
Problems and Instruction Needed in Relation to Nursing Students’ Handling of Patient Information—From a Survey of Nurses Coordinating Clinical Practicums in Japan
AUTHORS:
Mikiko Natsume
KEYWORDS:
Nursing Student, Information Privacy, Clinical Practicum
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Nursing,
Vol.8 No.3,
March
29,
2018
ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study
was to clarify and consider the instruction that is needed in relation to nursing
students’ handling of patient information, as felt by the people in
charge of student clinical practicums in hospitals. Semi-structured interviews
were conducted with 7 people in charge of organizing practicums at hospitals
where they are carried out. These subjects were asked about problems they had
experienced in relation to nursing students’ handling of patient information
and the instruction that is needed so that problems related to nursing
students’ handling of information do not occur. Various problems were shown to
occur in relation to nursing students’ handling of patient information, such as
handling the information outside of the practicum setting. Many students
receive no instruction with regard to the ethics of handling patient information
in their classroom work, and their awareness regarding information is cannot be
considered high, indicating the need for more consistent and reliable education
in this area. The findings also suggest that instruction is needed with regard
to the handling of sensitive information in accordance with the circumstances
of individual patients.