Investigation of the relationship between attitudes towards the nursingprofession and occupational professionalismWe conducted a descriptive analysis among nurses working in a hospital to examinethe relationship between their attitudes towards the profession and their occupationalprofessionalism. The study was conducted between August 15 and December15, 2013, with 156 nurses at the Gulhane Medical Faculty. Written approvalwas obtained from the ethics committee and the institution where the study wasconducted. Data were collected using the "Inventory of Professional Attitudes atOccupation” and “Attitude Scale for Nursing Profession” and personal survey form.The data were evaluated using the SPSS 15.0 package program with numbers, percentages,means, t-test, ANOVA, Kruskal-Wallis, and correlation analysis.The score for Inventory of Professional Attitudes at Occupation was 135.38±13.14and the score for the Attitude Scale for Nursing Profession was 159.27±18.57. Wefound a significant difference between the nurses’ level of education and the meanscore of the Inventory of Professional Attitudes at Occupation (p<0.05). With regardsto loving the profession and thinking about changing the profession, themean scores for the Inventory of Professional Attitudes at Occupation and the AttitudeScale for Nursing Profession were found to be significantly different (p<0.05).We also found positive relationships between the Inventory of Professional Attitudesat Occupation and Attitude Scale for Nursing Profession subscales.As a result, as nurses’ Inventory of Professional Attitudes at Occupation scores increase,their Attitude Scale for Nursing Profession scores also increase significantly.We found that the level of education and liking the profession also positively influencedprofessional attitudes. By removing the different levels of education amongmembers of the nursing profession, opportunities for professional education fornurses should be provided.