This study was conducted to determine the stress levels of nurses working during COVID-19 infection. This descriptive study was conducted with 233 nurses. Nurse Information Form and Perceived Stress Scale were used to collect the data. Percentage, frequency, independent samples t-test, analysis of variance, and Shapiro-Wilk test were used to evaluate the data. It was determined that PSS total score of the participants was 26.22±6.14 (high level). PSS total mean scores of the female nurses working during COVID-19 infection were significantly higher than the scores of the male nurses (p˂0.05). The nurses, who believed that they had enough knowledge about COVID-19 infection, had significantly a lower PSS total mean score when compared to the others (p˂0.05). It was determined that the stress levels of the nurses working during COVID-19 infection were high.
Key words: Coronavirus, nurses, pandemic, stress
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