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Title:Determination of the level of information on steroid therapy for nurses working in surgical and internal clinics Summary:Objective: This study was carried out to determine the level of information on steroid therapy for nurses working in surgical and internal clinics. Instruments and Methods: This research of the identificative type was conducted between February 7 and March 6, 2019 with a total of 261 nurses who accepted to participate in the research from 326 nurses working in the Surgery and Internal Clinics of the Afyon Kocatepe University Ahmet Necdet Sezer Research and Application Hospital and were licensed or not at the date of the research. The research data was collected using the "Steroid Treatment Nursing Information Survey" consisting of a total of 3 sections and 54 articles, including "Personal Information Form" and "General Information", "Complications" and "Nursing Applications" sections. Results and Results: Study findings found that 63.6 percent of nurses worked in surgical clinics, 36.4 percent worked in internal clinics, and 20.7 percent received postgraduate training in steroid drugs. The average 12.52±4.7 of the Nurses’ survey’s general information section on treatment, the average 8.13±3.1 of the Steroid Therapy Complications Information section, the average 14.34±4 of the Steroid Therapy Nursing Practices Information section. He received 4 points and the nurses received a score above the average of all parts of the survey. The survey found that nurses working in internal clinics from all sections received more points than nurses working in surgical clinics, that nurses with bachelor and master graduates received more points than nurses with high school and pre-graduate graduates received more points than nurses with high school and pre-graduate graduates received more points than nurses with high school and pre-graduate graduates received more points than nurses with high school and pre-graduate graduates received more points. The study found that nurses’ information scores were above the average but the patient’s training was not given the necessary importance. Keywords: Steroid Treatment, Corticosteroid, Nursing, Patient Education, Information Level. Supported by: No Source: G. The effect of this treatment on early-term cognitive tests (P300-P50) in patients with multiple sclerosis in high doses of methylprednisolone therapy. 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