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Intentional rounding is a practice currently utilised in many health services across NSW health and beyond, as a means of anticipating and predicting care needs, and ensuring patient safety and satisfaction. Many areas formalise this intervention by way of checklists and tick boxes to prompt and remind, and to ensure that patients are being regularly checked on. Student nurses are often part of this practice whilst on clinical placement, but do not always have the education and understanding behind such a practice. Rather, they are either told to go and do it, or are not involved. Methods: A multisite cross-sectional study was conducted to understand pre-registration nursing students’ perceptions and exposure to the practice, in an effort to see where improvements could be made. A previously tested survey was distributed to students from 5 different universities across Australia. Results: Students found intentional …