The COVID-19 outbreak has made nursing staff members more generally anxious. Finding out about generalized anxiety disorders among nursing staff at secondary and tertiary care hospitals in Punjab province, India, was the goal of this cross-sectional questionnaire-based research. Anxiety was measured using the GAD-7 scale. The difference between the groups was estimated using non-parametric statistics. To investigate how factors affected the GAD-7 score, a multiple regression model was used. This survey received responses from 133 nurses in total. A higher GAD-7 score was shown to be associated with being female (7.38±4.20, p=0.032) and being older than 31 (7.68±5.14). About 49.6% of the respondents fell into the moderate anxiety category, whereas 19.6% had a high level of generalized anxiety (GAD-7 score > 10). There is a 15% chance that female nurses will have a higher GAD-7 score [0.148(-0.450 – 4.697), p=0.049]. Work experience may enhance the chance of having a higher GAD-7 score by 14%, particularly if you are new to the field (≤ 3 years). To sum up, 19.6% of those surveyed had moderate-to-severe generalized anxiety and depression, according to the GAD-7 criteria. The primary characteristics impacting the GAD-7 score were found to be being female, having less work experience, and lacking training on how to deal with COVID patients. Among the prevalent stresses cited by the nurses who took part in this research were the risk of contracting COVID, the possibility of passing COVID to family members via them, and ambiguity over the consequences of COVID in India.