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This study was conducted in the first test-final semi-test model in a single group to determine the influence of the application of the Pediatric Nursing course on the attitudes of nursing students towards children and the levels of child loving. Method: The research was carried out at the Istanbul Civilization University in Turkey between 11 February and 24 May 2019. The universe was formed by students who studied in the 3rd grade in the nursing department of the specified university. All students who are willing to participate in the study (n=45) were included in the study without going to the selection of the sample group. The data was collected by the researchers with the "Question Form" and the "Barnett Child Love Scale" (BOC). In the study, students were applied data collection forms before they started the application of the Pediatric Nursing course (pre-test) and after the completion of the 14-week internship application (final test). The analysis of the data used percentage, average and standard deviation, t-test in dependent groups, Mann Whitney-U test and Cronbach alpha ratio calculation. The research was obtained with ethical approval, official permits and written permits from students. Results: The average age of students in the study is 20.62±0.96 years, 91.1 percent are girls and 97.8 percent have brothers, 51.1 percent have previous child care experience. The study found that 62.2% of students in the pre-test had difficulty communicating with the sick children, while 31.1% in the last test had difficulty communicating. 84% of students in the first test. 4 people liked spending time with children, and the last test found that this rate increased to 93.3%. In the preliminary test, 42.2% of students wanted to work as child nurses in the future, while in the last test, this rate fell to 35.5%. The study found that the average score of students in the pre-test was 78.17±14.75 and 82.77±13.54 in the last test, and there was no statistically meaningful difference between the average (p>0.05). The study found that the number of brothers and sisters and the status of having child care experience did not affect the students' BCHS score average (p>0.05). In the pre-test, the gender variable was found to be effective in the last test while the students did not affect the BSE score average (p<0.05). Result: In the study, the Pediatrics Nursing course stage application has been established that students are developing their communication with children. After the practice, it was found that the levels of girl-student love children were higher than men.

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