• Usha M Thomas
• Suneel Kumar CN

Background of the study: The rapid spread of COVID-19 poses a serious threat to human health and is impacting severely on public health, global communications, and economic systems worldwide. The battle against COVID-19 is still continuing in India. To guarantee the final success, people’s adherence to these control measures is essential, which is largely affected by their knowledge, towards COVID-19. Nurses are key members of healthcare teams charged to control and prevent the spread of infectious diseases and should be familiar with scientific updates of COVID-19 disease to assess, categorize the triage system, and management of patients. Aims: The aim of the study was to assess the knowledge regarding prevention and management of COVID -19 among Under Graduate Nursing students of a selected Nursing college in Mysuru. Methods: Research approach adopted for the study was descriptive, survey approach. Simple random sampling was used to select 105 Nursing students for the study. The knowledge of nursing students regarding prevention and management of COVID-19 was assessed using structured knowledge questionnaire Results: The results of the study revealed that only 23.80% of nursing students were having good knowledge regarding prevention and management of COVID-19. There was statistically significant association between the knowledge of Nursing students regarding prevention and management of COVID-19 and their age (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION Study findings high light the need for implementing educational strategies regarding the prevention and management of COVID-19 among Nursing students, which in turn equip them to work as the front line health workers in fighting with the clinical management, infection control practices and the preventive strategies of COVID-19.

Knowledge, prevention and management of COVID-19, nursing students

"Knowledge regarding prevention and management of COVID-19 among Under Graduate Nursing students", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 7, page no.g374-g379, July-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2107781.pdf

"Knowledge regarding prevention and management of COVID-19 among Under Graduate Nursing students", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 7, page no. ppg374-g379, July-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2107781.pdf