Abstract
The novel Coronavirus disease (Covid-19) remains a signiÀ cant public health challenge across the world. Research on nursing students’ awareness of Covid-19 is limited in India. The present study aimed to assess nursing students’ knowledge and preventive practices towards Covid-19. This online cross-sectional descriptive survey among nursing students (n=332) at two universities from South India, data was collected using a structured questionnaire. Most of the nursing students had more knowledge in clinical presentation (M±SD, 8.07±1.53) and prevention and control (M±SD, 3.67±0.81) domains than in transmission routes (M±SD, 1.24± 0.65). However, a majority (72%) of students had good knowledge (M±SD12.97±2.38) and possessed preventive practices against Covid-19 (89.6%, M±SD 34.96±2.89). The results also showed that there were signiÀcant differences (p
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