Baysal E.Çetin S.P.Demirkol H.Erol A.2024-07-222024-07-22202300220124http://akademikarsiv.cbu.edu.tr:4000/handle/123456789/12263Background: The current literature states that distance education has caused a lack of professional skills, regression of existing professional skills (Kaya & Akin Isik, 2021; Kürtüncü & Kurt, 2020), a lack of self-confi-dence, and feelings of inadequacy among nursing students (George et al., 2020). The current study examined the professional self-efficacy of nurses who graduated from distance education because of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. Method: This multicenter cross-sectional study was conducted between November 2020 and June 2022 with 164 nurses who graduated from distance education in 2020-2021 from three facul-ties of health sciences. Results: Professional self-effica-cy of the nurses was found to be above average. Male nurses and nurses who believed distance education had a negative impact on their professional skills had significantly higher professional self-efficacy. Some nurses reported that their professional theoretical knowledge was insufficient and defined the effect of distance education on their professional skills as relatively negative. Conclusion: Most of the nurses expressed that distance education had a negative effect on their professional self-efficacy and working life. © SLACK Incorporated.EnglishArticle10.3928/00220124-20230829-02