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Introduction: Monkey pox is a zoonotic ortho pox virus that incidentally causes disease in humans similar to smallpox, although with notably lower mortality. Education of patients and healthcare workers in regions where the monkey pox virus is endemic is of the utmost importance .Improving patient recognition of this disease, reporting fidelity, and access to diagnostic capabilities are critical actions for collecting the data necessary to gain a deeper understanding of and strengthen defense against monkey pox. Nurses have a key role in responding to the monkey pox outbreak by delivering health education on prevention and infection control .The nursing students must possess a sound knowledge of monkey pox in order to make them identify, diagnose the patients with monkey pox and provide them proper medical care. Materials and Methods: Non experimental descriptive research design was adopted for this study. The study was conducted among 200 nursing students in selected nursing colleges, Kollam. In order to assess the knowledge of nursing students regarding monkey pox, non- probability cohort sampling technique was used. The tool used for the data collection consisted of demographic proforma and structured knowledge questionnaire. The analysis of the data was based on the objectives of the study using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: The findings of the present study revealed that 52% had adequate knowledge, 47% had moderate knowledge and 1% had inadequate knowledge regarding Monkey pox and also revealed that there was no association between knowledge and the demographic variables, such as age, family income and source of information and there was association between knowledge and demographic variable 'gender''. Conclusion: The monkey pox epidemic, like any other pandemic and endemic, puts pressure on nurses working on the frontlines of care with infected patients. The study finding revealed the importance in providing knowledge regarding Monkey pox among nursing student . More than 50%of the nursing students are having adequate knowledge regarding Monkey pox