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EFFECT OF NURSES’ WORK-RELATED STRAIN LEVELS ON EMOTIONAL EXHAUSTION LEVELS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Purpose: The aim of this study is to examine the effect of nurses’ work-related strain levels on their emotional exhaustion levels during the pandemic process. 
Materials and Methods: This research, in descriptive design, was carry out with 171 nurses who actively working in a university hospital and agreed to participate in the study. The data were collected by using Work-Related Strain Scale, Emotional Exhaustion subscale of the Maslach Burnout Scale and information form including the variances relating to Covid-19 and demographic features formed by the researchers. The analysis of the data was evaluated using the variance test, t-test and simple linear regression analysis. 
Results: The average weekly working hour of the nurses during the pandemic process is 46.36 and the average number of patients they provide daily care is 29.79. 29.8% of the nurses work in the Covid service. It has been observed that the nurses experienced a low level of work-related strain and emotional exhaustion. In addition, the study detected that the effect of nurses' work-related strain on their emotional exhaustion was positive and low (R2=0.188; p