Background: A disaster is a natural or man made event that negatively affects the property, livelihood or human societies and environment. Natural disasters kill on a average 60,000 people per year globally. Globally, disasters were responsible for 0.1% of deaths over the past decade. The 2004 Indian ocean earthquake and tsunami; cyclone which struck Myanmar in 2008. In 2020, 389 natural disasters were reported killing 15,080 people, affecting 98.4 million others and costing 171.3 billion US$2, apart from COVID -19 pandemic ,the year was dominated by climate related disasters. Objectives: 1. To assess the level of knowledge on disaster management among B.Sc Nursing students. 2. To find out the association between knowledge on disaster management and their selected demographic variables of the B.Sc Nursing students. Methods: A descriptive research design was adopted to assess the knowledge on disaster management among B.Sc Nursing second year students at Kamala College of Nursing, Salem. A total sample of 25 B.Sc Nursing students were selected by simple random sampling technique. Results: The findings showed that majority 16 % had moderate knowledge, 72% had adequate knowledge, 12% had inadequate knowledge on Disaster management. Conclusion: There was a significant association between the level of knowledge and selected demographic variables among B.Sc Nursing second year students.
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