Background: Postnatal periods are very sensitive periods for both the mother and the neonates where morbidity and mortality
are high. Post natal care knowledge has significant role in reducing such complications. The research aimed to determine
the educational guideline’s effect on nurses’ performance regarding mothers and neonates’ postnatal care.
Design: A quasi-experimental design was decided to fulfil the aim of this study.
Setting: The study was conducted in the obstetric skill lab of faculty of nursing, Benha university.
Sample: A purposive sample was used to recruit 140 maternity nurses from Maternal and child health centres at kalioubia
governorate. data collection: Two tools were used: Tool (I) Structured Questionnaire sheet. It is composed of these parts:
Part I: Socio-demographic characteristics and Part II: nurses’ knowledge about postpartum care. Tool (II) postpartum care
observation checklist.
Results: knowledge and practices about postpartum care showed highly statistically significant differences between pre
and post- implementation phases, and total knowledge score regarding post-partum care were improved from 34.52%
pre implementation to 45.65% after implementation with (t = 8.11 and p