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The study aimed to examine the relationship between intolerance of uncertainty and the patience levels of nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study is a descriptive study conducted with 120 nurses working Bursa Yüksek İhtisas Training and Research Hospital Main Building, Gynecology-Pediatrics Building, and Heart Center Buildings between January and March 2022. The data of the study were collected using the "Demographic Information Form," "Intolerance to Uncertainty Scale," and "Patience Scale." Nurses' Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale mean total score was 36.55±8.38, and the Patience Scale total score mean was 37.08±7.45. When the total scores of the intolerance of uncertainty, patience scale, and sub-dimensions were compared according to age, gender, education level, years of employment, shift order during the COVID-19 pandemic, and working status in the COVID-19 service, no statistically significant difference was found (p>0.05). A weak and inverse significant relationship was found between the total score of the intolerance of uncertainty scale and the total score of the patience scale (r=-0.287; p=0.001). The prospective anxiety score of single nurses was found to be higher than that of married ones (p=0.049). It was found that there was a weak, statistically significant relationship between the total score of the intolerance of uncertainty scale and the total score of the patience scale; nurses with a high intolerance of uncertainty score had a low patience score.