Purpose: This study examines final-year undergraduate nursing students to determine the educational needs for Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), knowledge of COVID-19, attitude toward COVID-19 patient care, and nursing intention toward COVID-19 patients. Methods: A structured questionnaire was used to collect data from 21 April to 6 May 2022. The participants included 144 final-year (4th year) undergraduate nursing students in Gangwon-do, Daegu-si, and Chungcheong-do. The SPSS/WIN 21.0 program was used to analyze the data; Pearson’s correlation coefficients and multiple regression were further performed. Results: The attitude toward COVID-19 patient care (β = 0.38, p = 0.001), a cohabitant formerly infected with COVID-19, and the intention to study COVID-19 patient care (β = 0.16, p = 0.018) were found to influence nursing intention toward COVID-19 patients. These variables had a 27% explanatory power for nursing intention (F = 14.23, p < 0.001). Conclusions: To foster undergraduate nursing students’ nursing intention toward patients with emerging infectious diseases (EIDs), a program focused on cultivating a positive attitude toward EID patient care should be developed and implemented. The curriculum should further include education on EID patient care.
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