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- ItemNurses’ Knowledge Towards Management of Asthmatic Patients at Alshaab Teaching Hospital -Khartoum State 2023(Napata College, 2024-08) Asawir Mohammed Ibrahim Ali; Mustafa Khider Elnimeir; Amal Badawi BushraBackground: Asthma is an episodic syndrome characterized by attacks of dyspnea, wheezing, and coughing. Nurses have an important role in care of asthmatic patients' so a proper knowledge about the disease is essential. Objective: To assess nurses' knowledge regarding the care of asthmatic patients Methods: Hospital-based cross-sectional study was conducted at Al-Shaab Teaching Hospital. The sample size was 29 nurses , All nurses, fulfilling the inclusion criteria were interviewed. The data were collected using a standardized administered questionnaire and analyzed using the Statistical Packages of Social Sciences (SPSS) version 25 and were presented in the form of tables and figures. Results: The majority of the nurses aged between 20-30 years and about 75% of them were Bachelor holders as a basic qualification. Near half had less than two years' experience.82.8% had never attended any training course. 69% of nurses had good knowledge about asthma definition, while 72.4% of nurses had poor knowledge about asthma triggers. 65.6% of nurses had poor knowledge regarding the nursing management of asthma. There was a significant association between the overall knowledge of nurses and attendance of training courses (P value 0.03).