| Sumario: | Objective: This research was conducted to determine the nursing students' perspectives on psychosocial care and their knowledge levels. Materials and Methods: This descriptive study was carried out with a total of 130 students from 3rd and 4th grades of Nursing Department of Artvin Çoruh University. All of the 3rd and 4th year students participated in the study. The data of the study were collected by "Personal Information Form", "Perspectives on Psychosocial Care Form" and "Psychosocial Care Information Form". In order to determine the psychosocial care knowledge level, scores obtained from the form was evaluated on "5 points". Percentage distribution, variance analysis and student t test were used for statistical analysis. Results: It was determined that 47.7% of the nursing students in the study were undecided that psychosocial care was primary role of the nurses, 63.1% were undecided about evaluating their patients psychosocially, and 50% did not consider themselves adequate to evaluate their patients psychosocially during their internship. It was determined that 55.4% of the student nurses questioned psychosocial problems only in patient admission. It was found that 58.5% of the student nurses had low knowledge level about psychosocial care and the psychosocial care knowledge score averages were 2.33±1.10. 79.2% of the student nurses stated that the lack of knowledge about psychosocial care and 73.1% of them stated that patients being high in number were obstacles to psychosocial care. Conclusion and Recommendations: The psychosocial care knowledge levels of student nurses were low. In this regard, it is recommended to give trainings to improve the knowledge and skills of student nurses about psychosocial care.
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