Psychiatry is a branch of medicine that deals with the detection, treatment, prevention and study of mental disorders. One of the methods of intervention in healthcare is the use of coercive measures, humane restraint and humane seclusion, and rapid tranquilization. Coercive measures are most often used with aggressive, agitated and violent patients. They are used to protect the patient himself and others around him, as well as the health workers themselves who carry out the procedure of humane restraint or seclusion. Before a coercive measure is determined, it is necessary to try to resolve the situation through communication, i.e. the de-escalation method. Pharmacological restraint, has a rapid calming effect. It is not a treatment or cure, but a short-term technique for managing highly agitated and/or aggressive behaviour. While humane restraint limits the patient's movements and the possibility of independent decision-making due to tying the patient with a belt, on the contrary, there is a procedure of humane seclusion in which the patient has freedom of movement, but is locked in an isolation room. According to the ethical and moral context, opinions and attitudes are different, but the most important thing is that patients who need a coercive measure are considered as humans and viewed holistically. The aim of this undergraduate thesis was to examine the attitude of undergraduate nursing students regarding the use of coercive measures in psychiatric patients. The survey was conducted online in the period from June 25, 2022 to August 25, 2022. The participants, nursing students, expressed, in the greater majority, that they have a positive attitude towards the use of coercive measures. Although they believe that coercive measures are too harsh for patients, they are also of the opinion that they protect the patient and the healthcare staff and that they do not harm the patient. A small number of students fear the use of coercive measures, citing different reasons.