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Purpose: In this defining-planned study, it is aimed at determining the level of healthy lifestyle behaviors of nursing students. Tools and Methods: The universe of research was formed by 1, 2, 3 and 4th-class students who were enrolled in the nursing program during the same period at an university in the spring semester of the 2016-2017 academic year (n=619). The study did not go to the sample selection, it was aimed at reaching all students. A total of 619 students, 486 agreed to participate in the study and reached 79% of the universe. Data collection; social demographic data collection form and healthy lifestyle behavior scale II have been used. Legal permits are required for the work to be done. Identifying statistics of the data in the study and frequency distribution have been obtained. After verifying the parametric test assumptions, the group comparisons used the One Way ANOVA (post teacher: Bonferroni test) and Student t test. A reliability analysis of the measurement was made and the Cronbach alpha value was calculated. Results: According to the study results, the average score of the healthy lifestyle of students is 131.02±18.98, the highest score is from the lowest score of mental development (27.13±3.98) and the lowest score is from the lowest score of physical activity (17.28±4.85) While the study found no meaningful relationship between gender and graduated high school and scale score (p>0.05), the relationship with class level was statistically meaningful (p<0.05). Healthy Lifestyle Behavior Scale Total score average and low-dimensional score average in health responsibility, physical activity, nutrition and stress management, 2nd grade students were found lower. Results: The research finds that the scale score of nursing students is high.

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