Kurt, DuyguDalkıran, Seda Sümer2024-06-122024-06-1220222148-2373https://doi.org/10.14235/bas.galenos.2021.5550https://search.trdizin.gov.tr/yayin/detay/1168235https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14551/12536Objective: This study aimed to determine the compliance of intern nurses with isolation precautions in the coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic period. Methods: This descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted with 4th-year intern nurses (n=90) receiving education at the vocational school of health of a state university in November 2020. The data were collected by using a Questionnaire Form and the “Isolation Precautions Compliance Scale”. In data analysis, percentage, mean, Kruskal-Wallis test and Mann-Whitney U test were used in the SPSS software. Results: The mean age of the intern nurses who participated in the study was 22±1.43 years, 74.4% were female, 51.1% were graduates of Anatolian high schools. Intern nurses 95.6% had received training on isolation precautions, and 81.1% received this training from a course instructor during their undergraduate studies. In was determined that 71.1% of the participants provided nursing care for patients who were under isolation during clinical practice, and 91.1% had knowledge that isolation precautions need to be implemented in the nursing care of patients diagnosed with COVID-19. The mean Isolation Precautions Compliance Scale total score of the participants was 71.92±5.74. There was no significant difference in the mean Isolation Precautions Compliance Scale total scores of the participants based on their sociodemographic characteristics and isolation precautions. Conclusion: It was determined that the compliance of the intern nursing students, whose nursing labor could be needed in the COVID-19 pandemic period, with isolation precautions was on a good level.en10.14235/bas.galenos.2021.5550info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessArticle1044934991168235