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AI InsightAppropriate measures should be taken to increase nurses' psychological resilience and professional satisfaction.
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Objectives: The worldwide outbreak of coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) has had broad consequences for individuals and societies. The pandemic has had a particular effect on nurses' mental health, as well as their social and occupational life. The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare the psychological resilience, job satisfaction, and fear levels of nurses who had and had not developed COVID-19. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in a university hospital in Turkey with data collected between March 2021 and April 2021. A total of 66 nurses infected with the virus that causes COVID-19 were included in 1 group and 66 nurses who had not been infected were included in a second group. A personal information form, the Psychological Resilience Scale (PRS), the Job Satisfaction Scale (JSS), and the Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S) were used to gather the study data. Data analysis was performed using descriptive analysis, Student’s t-test, chi-squared testing, Pearson’s correlation coefficient measurement, and one-way analysis of variance. Results: The mean PRS of the nurses was 58.44±10.12, the mean JSS score was 66.19±12.81, and the mean FCV-19S score was 18.46±6.56. COVID-19 infection did not result in a significant difference in these variables (p>.05). However, the professional satisfaction levels of the nurses who had to be hospitalized for COVID-19 treatment were lower than that of the others (p=.009) and their fear levels were higher (p=.004). Conclusion: The findings of the study indicated that while the psychological resilience, job satisfaction and fear levels of nurses who were infected with the COVID-19 virus and those who were not were not high, the infection did not result in a significant difference between the groups. Nurses who had been hospitalized for COVID-19 treatment demonstrated lower levels of professional satisfaction and higher levels of fear. Appropriate measures should be taken to increase nurses' psychological resilience and professional satisfaction.