Background: Attitude is very important concept in nursing due to high ambiguities and role
conflicts within that profession. The globally widespread outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic all over
the world affected all races and socioeconomic classes with its unprecedented negative effect on the
usual way of living. This survey study aimed to identify junior nursing students' attitude toward the
profession during COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Utilizing a quantitative cross-sectional design
through an electronic survey form developed by the investigators in two parts on personal profile
items and the attitude toward nursing profession scale was carried out for collecting data using total
enumeration as sampling technique; all students enrolled in the 1st and 2nd academic levels at the
Faculty of Nursing – Minia University during the Academic year 2020/2021 (n= 1406) were
involved in the survey with voluntary and anonymous participation. Results: The study findings
revealed that most of the students had a positive attitude toward nursing profession (97.3%) while
only (2.7%) had a negative attitude with total mean score of the attitude level was 161.3 ± 19.2.
Significant differences in overall attitude of the participated students in relation to their personal
profile were favored to females, rural resided and second academic level students. Conclusion: The
attitude of the junior nursing students during COVID-19 pandemic appeared to be positive towards
their future profession. Against the investigators' expectations, findings indicated that 2nd year
students exhibited more positive attitude toward the nursing profession during COVID-19 pandemic
than 1 st. year students.