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The low awareness of nurses to carry out nursing actions causes nurses to be very vulnerable to transmission of infection because nurses in providing nursing care to patients will have direct contact with blood and body fluids. Universal precautions require health workers to treat all patients equally using universal precautions regardless of the disease. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between the knowledge of nurses about Universal Precaution and the prevention of Nosocomial Infections at the Royal Prima Prima Hospital in Medan. This type of research is analytic with a cross-sectional design. The population in this study were all nurses in the ICU, NICU, PICU, and inpatient disease rooms and postoperative rooms as many as 58 people. Sampling in this study was to use a saturated sampling of 58 people. The results of the study with the results of the chi-square test with a degree of significance (α) = 0.05 and df = 4 obtained the calculation results, namely X²count 16.948 > X²table 9.488 and p-value = 0.002, then Ha is accepted, namely there is a relationship between nurses' knowledge about Universal Precautions and Nosocomial infection prevention measures. In conclusion, there is a relationship between nurses' knowledge of Universal Precaution and Nosocomial Infection prevention measures in hospitals. It is expected that respondents will increase their knowledge about Universal Precautions so that preventive measures are carried out properly and in accordance with standards so that Nosocomial Infections can be prevented

Coronavirus 19 (COVID-19) has been declared a world pandemic by WHO (WHO, 2020). Anxiety in patients with a confirmed COVID-19 suspicion requires close medical observation and isolation during treatment. Nurses are one of the health professionals who still have to work and continue to serve in the current Covid-19 pandemic situation. Based on this, the researchers were interested in obtaining information about "The relationship between nurse caring behavior and the anxiety level of Covid 19 patients in the Tulip and Anggrek isolation room at the UPT RSUD Deli Serdang."This research uses analytical method, cross sectional. The sample in this study amounted to 59 patients with a diagnosis of Covid 19, which was obtained based on a population average of 146 people every month. The results of the study concluded that there was a significant relationship between nurse caring behavior and anxiety levels in Covid 19 patients in the Tulip and Anggrek isolation room at the UPT Deli Serdang Hospital. Nurses should improve caring behavior, especially in Covid 19 patients who need psychological support such as strengthening health education, and actively directing patients to be open in counseling.