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Objective: It is to determine the perception of traumatic birth, fear of birth and empathy skills of nursing students during the clinical practice process of the perinatology unit. Materials and Methods: The descriptive research population consisted of nursing students at a state university. The sample was 126 female nursing students who went into clinical practice in the perinatology unit in the 2021-2022 academic year and met the inclusion criteria. Data were collected with the Personal Information Form, the Pre- Pregnancy Fear of Birth Scale, the Traumatic Birth Perception Scale, and the Toronto Empathy Scale before and after perinatology unit clinical practice. Results: 73.1% of the students before the clinical practices and 50.8% after the practices stated that they wanted to have a child in the future. While the rate of students who stated that they want to give birth vaginally in the future was 62.7% before the clinical practice, it was 57.9% after the clinical practice. It was determined that the students' fear of birth (40,82±11,18; 41,65±12,27), perception of traumatic birth (65,92±25,80; 66,84±28,97), and empathy scores (56,34± 5,97; 56,23± 5,80) were similar before and after the practices (p>0,05). There is a strong positive relationship between students' perception of traumatic birth and birth fears both before (r=0.709 p<0.01) and after clinical practice (r=0.794 p<0.01). Conclusion: There was no significant change in the fear of birth, perception of traumatic birth, and empathy tendencies of the students before and after the clinical practice. As a woman from the group of women the students care for, the fact that she is not affected by the fear of birth, the traumatic perception of birth, and empathy is considered important in terms of professional knowledge and behavior.

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