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A descriptive study was carried out, aiming to assess knowledge and practices of neonatal nurses regarding kangaroo care. Setting at the neonatal intensive care units of children"s hospital, affiliated to Ain Shams University hospitals. The total sample were 50 nurses who worked in neonatal intensive care units. Tools of the study involved; interview questionnaire sheet, to assess characteristics of the nurses and their knowledge about kangaroo mother care, and an observation checklist adopted from World Health Organization, (2013) to assess nurses" practices regarding maternal kangaroo care. The main results showed that more than half of the nurses had satisfactory total knowledge levels regarding prematurity and kangaroo care, and slightly less than half of them had satisfactory total practice levels of regarding kangaroo care. There were statistically significant differences between nurse"s knowledge of kangaroo and their age, educational level, years of experience in NICU and previous training courses in kangaroo care. The study concluded that nurses" knowledge and practice regarding premature baby and kangaroo care were satisfactory by nearly half of the studied sample. The study recommended that kangaroo care technique should be a part of the routine care for all premature and lowbirth weight newborn infants admitted to NICU.

Aim of study, is to assess the role of caregivers having children with Wilms'tumor, design suggestion guidelines for caregivers having children with Wilms'tumor and disseminate a guideline booklet for parent having children with Wilms' tumor based on need assessment. Design: A descriptive design. Setting: The study was conducted at outpatient clinic and inpatient departments in Children's Cancer Hospital (57357). Subject: The study sample was a purposive sample involved of 80 children suffering from Wilms'tumor, both sex, aged from one day to less than or equal 15 years accompanied with their caregivers. Tools of data collection: A predesigned questionnaire to assess caregivers' knowledge and practices regarding to their children with Wilms'tumor: Results: The present study revealed that, the mean age of the studied children (3.51±2.97). The greatest majority of the studied caregivers were mothers. There was a statistical significant difference between educational level of the caregivers and their level of knowledge Pvalue(0.013).There was a statistical significant difference between working condition of the caregivers and their level of practices P-value (0.001).Conclusion: The level of knowledge & practices were ranged from poor to an average level among the great majority of the studied caregivers. Therefore, there is a need for the guidelines to support them in care of their children with Wilms'tumor. Recommendations: It could be recommended: Continuous assessment for the level of knowledge & practices of caregivers for children with Wilms'tumor, implementation programs for caregivers having children with Wilms'tumor to keep them updated with health education about care of their children.

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