Background: The Nurses have very important role in preventing Complication through
careful assessment of venous circulation of the lower extremities for early detection of deep venous
thrombosis. Aim of the study: This study aimed to assess nurses performance regarding prevention
of deep venous thrombosis among intensive care patients. Design: A descriptive design was
utilized for the conduction of this study. Setting the study was carried out in Intensive Care Unit
(ICU) at Beni–Suef University hospital. Study subject: A convenience subject of all available
nurse's (N=50). Data collection Tools: I - self – administrating questionnaire which composed of
nurses demographic characteristics' and nurses' knowledge, II nurses' practice observational
checklists, which divided two parts include ,initial assessment as :wells score for predicting DVT
and, clinical risk factors to assess the risk factors , venous clinical severity score to assess the
severity of venous thrombosis for prevention of deep venous thrombosis. Results: Revealed that,
two thirds of the studied nurse's had unsatisfactory level of knowledge about prevention of deep
venous thrombosis, and less than half of them had satisfactory level of knowledge, more than half
were adequate level of practices regarding prevention of deep venous thrombosis, and practice
include wells score more than half adequate level of practice and clinical severity score two thirds in
adequate level of practice clinical risk factors majority of nurses inadequate level of practice.
Conclusion: More than two third of studied nurse's had un satisfactory level of knowledge and
more than half of the studied nurse's had adequate level of practices regarding prevention of deep
venous thrombosis. Recommendations: Further research is recommended to evaluate the effect of
training program on nurse's performance regarding prevention of deep venous thrombosis.