The attitudes of nurses / technicians on keeping professional nursing secrets with regard to the development of information technology

Cilj: Ispitati mišljenja medicinskih sestara/tehničara zaposlenih u Općoj županijskoj bolnici Požega o čuvanju profesionalne sestrinske tajne. Ispitanici i metode: Provedena je presječna studija koja je obuhvatila 155 ispitanika. Kao instrument korišten je anonimni anketni upitnik s 20 pitanja kreiran za potrebe ovoga istraživanja. Kategorijski podatci predstavljeni su apsolutnim i relativnim frekvencijama. Numerički podatci opisani su aritmetičkom sredinom i standardnom devijacijom u slučaju raspodjela koje slijede normalnu, a u ostalim slučajevima medijanom i interkvartilnim rasponom. Razlike kategorijskih varijabli testirane su hi-kvadrat testom i Fisherovim egzaktnim testom. Razlike normalno raspodijeljenih numeričkih varijabli između dviju nezavisne skupine testirane su Studentovim t testom. Rezultati: Rezultati pokazuju da u trećine ispitanika nisu dostatna znanja o čuvanju profesionalne tajne. Kolegama na poslu posuđuje 26 (16,8 %) ispitanika službene pristupne podatke, a njih 19 (12,3 %) ostavljaju na vidljivom mjestu. Kada je u pitanju razlika u obrazovanju utvrđene su dvije razlike, sestre srednje stručne spreme smatraju u značajnijem postotku da je dopušteno prepričavanje profesionalne tajne izvan zdravstvenog tima, dok značajno više ispitanika više ili visoke stručne spreme se slaže ili u potpunosti se slaže s tvrdnjom da tijekom obavljanja svoje profesije medicinska sestra može otkriti obitelji i drugim osobama određene činjenice o pacijentu. Zaključak: Iz dobivenih rezultata može se zaključiti da su medicinske sestre upoznate s problemom čuvanja sestrinske profesionalne tajne, ali nisu dovoljno educirane o svim elementima sankcioniranja kršenja zakonom zajamčenih prava pacijenata kao niti kršenja osnovnih moralnih i etičkih normi sestrinstva.Opinions of nurses / technicians on keeping the professional nursing secrets with respect to the development of information technology OBJECTIVES: To examine the opinions of nurses and technicians employed in the General County Hospital Pozega on keeping the professional nursing secrets. PARTICIPANTS AND METHODS: The cross-sectional study involved 155 participants. As an instrument an anonymous questionnaire with 20 questions was used and created for the purpose of this research. Categorical data were presented as absolute and relative frequencies. Numerical data were described as mean and standard deviation in the case of distribution following normal, but in other cases the median and interquartile range. Differences of categorical variables were tested by chi-squared test and Fisher exact test. Differences of normally distributed numerical variables between the two independent groups were tested by Student's t test. RESULTS: The results show that third of the respondents do not have sufficient knowledge about professional secrecy. To colleagues at work 26 (16.8 %) respondents lend their official access data, and 19 of them (12.3 %) leave it in a visible place. When it comes to differences in education, there were found two differences. Nurses with secondary education consider in significant percentage that retelling of professional secrecy beyond the health care team is allowed, and significantly more participants of higher or university education agrees or completely agrees with the statement that during completing their profession nurse can detect family and others certain facts about the patient. CONCLUSION: From the results it can be concluded that the nurses are familiar with the problem of keeping the nursing professional secret, but they are not sufficiently educated on all the elements of sanctioning violations of statutory rights of patients as either violations of basic moral and ethical standards of nursing