**5. Conclusions**

Our predictive model allows us to predict that NS with a coping style based on social support and a perception of high intrinsic and extrinsic risk factors present a greater risk of contracting COVID-19, according to their own model of health beliefs. Women presented greater knowledge of preventive measures and a more situation-focused coping style than men.

Female students in their final years, with more knowledge and experience in clinical practice, also presented more knowledge, a more extrinsic risk perception and a more situation-focused and less avoidant coping style than younger students. In terms of SOC, females scored significantly higher in total SOC and in the comprehensibility and meaningfulness dimensions, whereas males scored significantly higher in the manageability dimension.

Our study provides a model of health beliefs that can be considered when focusing on the preventive measures to be implemented among NS who must undertake their clinical practices.

Investing in training and educating in a health belief model that addresses psychological variables such as risk perception, coping styles and sense of coherence may have important benefits for career and internship curriculum design.

**Author Contributions:** Conceptualization, C.S.-C.; Data curation, C.S.-C.; Formal analysis, C.S.-C.; Investigation, D.S.-G., V.V.-G., A.R.A.-C., J.R.G.-L., M.A.-M., A.B.-S., M.E.-G., V.G.-C., J.L.G.-U., A.M.-M. and M.M.-P.; Methodology, C.S.-C.; Project administration, C.S.-C.; Writing—original draft, D.S.-G., V.V.-G., A.R.A.-C. and C.S.-C.; Writing—review and editing, D.S.-G., V.V.-G., A.R.A.-C. and C.S.-C. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

**Funding:** This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.

**Institutional Review Board Statement:** The study was conducted according to the guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the University of Cantabria, Spain (CE Proyectos 13/2020).

**Informed Consent Statement:** Informed consent was obtained from all subjects involved in the study.

**Data Availability Statement:** The data presented in this study are available on request from the corresponding author.

**Acknowledgments:** We are grateful to all participating institutions and students.

**Conflicts of Interest:** The authors declare no potential conflict of interest with respect to the research, authorship and/or publication of this article.

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