Context: The corona virus disease-19 pandemic has rapidly become the most significant public health crisis of 21st century. Covid-19 has impacted nursing students distressfully due to the drastic changes in routine life like cancelation of classroom teaching and practical training, adjustment problems with online classes and anxiety about future.Aims: To evaluate the perceived stress level of student nurses during Covid-19 pandemic crisis.Methods and material: The research approach was quantitative approach and descriptive research design. The samples of 50 student nurses were selected by using convenient sampling technique from selected nursing college, Amritsar. The tool used was standardised Perceived Stress Scale-10 (PSS-10) developed by Sheldon Cohen, Kamarck T and Mermelstein R in 1988. The tool was administered to participants by self-administered method and data was collected.Statistical analysis used: Collected data were coded, tabulated and analysed by descriptive and inferential statistics.Results: Results of the level of Perceived Stress during COVID-19 pandemic crisis among student nurses revealed that majority 43(86%) had moderate stress followed by few 4(8%) had high stress and very few 3(6%) had low stress with average mean and SD of 20.66±4.079. The findings showed that student nurses residential area under hot spot during COVID 19 pandemic crisis and nursing class pursuing was found statistically significant association with level of perceived stress among student nurses at p<0.05 level of significance.Conclusions: Based on statistical findings the study concluded that perceived stress level during COVID-19 pandemic crisis is moderate among student nurses.