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Objective: This study was performed with the aim of examining health educational materials developed by nursing students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Document analysis method, one of the qualitative research designs, was used in the study. In the scope of the research, a total of 31 educational materials prepared by nursing students studying at a university in Turkey in the 2019-2020 academic year spring semester were assessed within the scope of internship-public health nursing and public health nursing lessons. Educational materials were examined within the framework of forms about general and creative features of the material. In order to perform the research, institutional permission and individual online written consent of the participants was obtained. Results: As a result of analysis of educational materials, 16 were related to general information and protective precautions about COVID-19, 3 were about home care for COVID-19 patients, while the others were about sleep hygiene, nutrition, fear, domestic hygiene and making masks at home, pandemics from past to present and use of protective equipment for health employees in COVID-19. Among the educational materials, 13 were posters, 8 were brochures, 8 were videos, 2 were in the form of 3-D material, 28 only used visual content and 3 used both visual and audio content. Conclusion: As a result of the research, it was observed that nursing students prepared creative materials with generally suitable material preparation techniques in the extraordinary situation of the pandemic. In line with these results, in this extraordinary period, it is recommended to perform studies developing new and different methods related to health education.

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