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Background: Suicide is the leading cause of death among college students. However, suicide is preventable. Youth who are contemplating suicidal frequently give warning signs of their distress. Parents, teachers and friends are in a key position to pick up on these signs and get help. Objectives: To assess the level of knowledge and attitude related to prevention of suicide among Nursing students. Methodology: A non-experimental, descriptive exploratory survey approach was used for the study. Data was collected from 413 nursing students by non-probability consecutive sampling technique who were studying in selected Nursing colleges in Meerut (UP). Self-structured questionnaires were used to assess the level of knowledge of prevention of suicide on attitude towards prevention of suicide. Result: Findings related to level of knowledge showed that the highest percentage (50%) of students were having average knowledge and (25%) of students having poor knowledge about prevention of suicide. Conclusion: There was poor knowledge and negative attitude towards suicide among these students. Hence, we provided self-instructional module (SIM) which focused on suicide prevention among nursing students.