assessment of nurses’ attitudes regarding covid-19 in al-hilla teaching hospitals

Aims: coronavirus disease-2019, is a rapidly spreading pandemic triggered by a new human coronavirus. it was the most common dangerous health crisis. the study aimed to assess attitudes regarding covid-19 among nurses.instrument & methods: a descriptive study was carried out to assess nurses’ attitudes regarding covid-19 in al-hilla teaching hospitals at al-hilla city from 25th september 2020 to 20 february 2022. a convenient non-probability sample was selected for 200 nurses who are working at epidemic hospitals. a questionnaire was comprised of two parts; demographical data, and the items related to nurses’ attitudes about covid-19. the data were analyzed by one-way anova using spss 25, and microsoft excel 2010. were performed in assessing any difference in mean knowledge score by demographic characteristics.findings: the findings showed through the analysis of attitudes towards covid-19 demonstrated that the majority of nurses (86%) expressed a positive attitude towards covid-19, which illustrated the nurses had psychological attention to overcoming the covid-19 pandemic, there were important variances in the attitudes regarding covid-(p<0.05) in related to nurses’ ages, there were significant differences between nurses’ about covid-19 (p<0.05), concerning nurses’ educational levels and displays that there were significant differences between nurses’ attitudes regarding covid-19 (p<0.05) with the working years in nursing.conclusion: nurses expressed positive attitudes towards covid-19. nurses’ attitudes toward covid-19 had significant differences regarding the variables such as nurses’ age, education level, and years of experience in nursing.