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Abstract Cirrhosis of the liver is the end stage of chronic liver disease. Nurses role very important to patient with liver cirrhosis. Aim: assess nurses, knowledge and practice regarding nursing care of patients with liver cirrhosis. Subjects and Method: a descriptive research design was used. Setting: The study was conducted in intensive care unit and medical unit at Ismailia university hospital, Ismailia general hospital and Port-Said general hospitals (Port-Said, Port-Fouad and AL-Zehor central). Subjects: A 150 convenient nurses participated in the study Tools: data were collected using two tools, Nurses’ Knowledge questionnaire and Observational Check list for practice. Result: the result of study indicated that 78.65% and 63.09% of studied nurses had unsatisfactory knowledge and practice Conclusion: most of the studied nurses had unsatisfactory knowledge and practice regarding care of patients with liver cirrhosis. Recommendations: there are obvious needs for conducted an educational and training programs to improve nurse’s knowledge and practice regarding nursing care of patients liver cirrhosis. |