Abstract
Aiming at guiding a policy for information behavior management that supports the continuing education of nurses, our purpose is to develop a scale to clarify the conceptual configuration and examine its reliability and validity. Using a self-administered questionnaire, we conducted the test-retest method on 455 nurses from 10 facilities in 5 prefectures. The scale comprised 42 items grouped into the following six subscales: “working environment,” “self-confidence as a nurse,” “interest in career building,” “information utilization using ICT,” “human support,” and “empowerment.” The Cronbach's α coefficient was 0.932 and the correlation within grades for each retest factor ranged from 0.780 to 0.933. The t-value of the total scale score was -4.514 for the chief nurse and over group (n = 69) and the general job position group (n = 263). As the result, it is suggested that the ability of “information utilization using ICT” affects each nurse's behavior associated with the continuing education of nurses.
