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BACKGROUND: Professional identity includes the values and beliefs of a nurse that guide herthinking, action, and interaction with patients. The stressful conditions of the COVID‑19 pandemicmay have affected nursing students’ resilience and attitudes toward their profession. Therefore, theaim of this study was to investigate the professional identity and resilience in nursing students duringthe COVID‑19 pandemic.MATERIALS AND METHODS: This cross‑sectional descriptive study was performed in November andDecember 2020 with the participation of all nursing students of Babol University of Medical Scienceswho spent at least one semester of internship in a hospital during the COVID‑19 pandemic. Datawere collected using demographic questionnaire, Connor‑Davidson resilience scale, and nursingstudents’ professional identity scale. Data analysis was performed using independent t‑test, ANOVA,and correlation tests at a significance level of 0.05.RESULTS: Nursing students in the 3rd, 5th, and 7th semesters have spent a minimum of 13 and amaximum of 151 days of internship during the pandemic period. The mean score of professionalidentity of nursing students was 61.86 ± 9.34 and their mean resilience score was 32.08 ± 13.54. Theresilience score of 92% of students was below 50. Professional identity was significantly stronger,and resilience was considerably higher in students who were satisfied with their profession and livedwith their families (P < 0.05). In other words, students with higher professional identity scores hadhigher resilience (r = 0.39, P = 0.000).CONCLUSION: Despite a good professional identity score, the resilience of nursing students duringthe COVID‑19 pandemic is low. Therefore, professors and the clinical education system shouldprovide more support for students in such stressful times as the COVID‑19 pandemic period.