Abstract
This research was conducted between January and March 2021 as a descriptive, cross-sectional and correlational study to determine the effect of personal protective equipment use on nurses' perceptions of individualized care during the COVID-19 pandemic. The population of the study consisted of 130 nurses working in the COVID-19 clinics of a university hospital in a province in the east of Turkey, and the sample consisted of 127 nurses who agreed to participate in the study. Data were collected using the personal information form and the Individualized Care Scale-Nurse version A. While there was a statistically significant relationship between nurses' gender, education level and the mean total score of the Individualized Care Perception Scale-Nurse A version (p
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Hardware and Architecture,Geology,Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology
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