Development of an evaluation index system of cyber ethics literacy for clinical nurses

BackgroundAlthough the Internet has become an important part of clinical nurses' professional and personal lives, there are currently no defined indicators to assess the level of cyber ethics literacy of clinical nurses.Research aimThis study aims to develop an evaluation index system for evaluating the cyber ethics literacy of clinical nurses.Research designA Delphi study.Participant and research contextTwo rounds of Delphi consultation were conducted from March 2024 to May 2024, with 20 experts participating in the first round and 18 experts in the second round.Ethical considerationsParticipation in the study was voluntary and informed consent of the experts was obtained before the study. Approval was obtained from the ethics committee (No. 2022-0018).ResultsThe degree of expert positivity was 100% and 90%, the coefficients of expert authority were 0.863 and 0.883, and Kendall's <i>W</i> coefficient were 0.143 and 0.151, respectively (<i>p</i> < .001). The final developed evaluation index system of clinical nurses' cyber-ethical literacy contains 3 primary indicators, 10 secondary indicators, and 34 tertiary indicators.ConclusionThe evaluation index system constructed in this study is comprehensive, closely combines the characteristics of the nursing profession with cyber ethics, and is scientific and practical.