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Objectives: Student nurses' knowledge levels and attitudes about infections affect their decisions regarding their activities in the implementation units. In addition, their knowledge and attitudes about infections constitute a stimulating feature that may affect professional behavior. This study was conducted to establish the level of knowledge and attitudes of nursing students about COVID-19.

Methods: This study is a descriptive study conducted with nursing students. Data were collected by online survey method. The data collection form consisted of three parts. The first part was used to identify sociodemographic variables, the second part to determine their knowledge and attitudes about COVID-19, and the third part to identify the source they used to obtain information about COVID-19.

Results: According to the results obtained from the research, it was determined that the level of knowledge of the students was “good” with 81%, 95.5% of the students defined the pandemic correctly. 98.7% of the students stated that the COVID-19 contamination would decrease if they paid attention to quarantine conditions, 98.3% to social distance rules and 98.9% to hand hygiene. Fear and anxiety were evaluated in terms of affective attitude and it was determined that 67.6% of nursing students experienced fear and 94% experienced anxiety due to COVID-19 epidemic.

Conclusions: This research emphasizes that we reevaluate the place and importance of infectious diseases, especially prevention, transmission and treatment, in the nursing curriculum. Also shows that the importance of digital applications in education is increasing.

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