AIM: Aim of the study was to assess nurses' practical skills regarding emergency situations
in the delivery unit.SETTING: The study was conducted at labor unit of Benha University
Hospital and Benha Teaching Hospital, Ministry of health. DESIGN:A descriptive study design
was utilized. SAMPLING:A convenient sample included 60 nurses.TOOLS:Interviewing
questionnaire schedule, likert scale and observational checklist. RESULTS: The present study
revealed that more than half of the studied nurses had incorrect knowledge, nearly three quarters
had incorrect practices and more than half of the studied nurses had negative attitude during
emergency situations in the delivery unit also, there was highly statistical significant relation
between total nurses' knowledge and their general characteristics (P ≤ 0.001), while there was no
statistical significant relation between nurses' practices and their level of education (P ≥ 0.001).
CONCLUSION: The present study showed that there was highly statistical significant relation
between total practices score and general characteristics of the studied nurses also, there was a
positive statistically significant correlation between total knowledge, total attitude and total
practices scores additionally, there was highly statistical significant relation between total
practices score, total attitude score and number of available nurses as one of the main barriers that
affect on nurses' practices and attitude.