The effect of nurse's professional values and professional attitudes on their commitment to work during the covid-19 pandemic period

With the Covid-19 pandemic, it has been widely understood that the nursing profession is important for the care and rehabilitation of people. In this process, it is important for the health system to determine the effect of the professional values and professional attitudes of nurses, on their work engagement and to take the necessary precautions by health managers. In this context, in this study, the effect of nurses' professional values and professional attitudes on work engagement during the Covid-19 pandemic period was examined through the sample of nurses and midwives providing nursing care at Bartın State Hospital. For this purpose, in line with the research findings obtained with 415 survey data, it has been determined that the human dignity dimension among the professional values of nurses has a significant positive effect on all dimensions of work engagement. On the other hand, when the effect of attitude towards the nursing profession and being engaged to work on the sub-dimension of vigor was examined, only the significant effect of choosing the profession was found. It has been determined that the nurses in the sample feel more engaged due to the reasons for choosing the profession and the characteristics of the general situation of the profession. According to the research findings, it was concluded that the professional values and professional attitudes of nurses positively affect their engagement to work. Keywords: professional values, professional attitude, work engagement, Covid-19 pandemic, nurses