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Abstract This study was carried out on 66 nurses providing care in the Coronary Care Unit and Intensive Care Unit in Ministry of Health Hospital and Health Insurance Hospitals in Port-Said city and in Ismailia University Hospital The aim of this study is assessment of critical care nurses’ knowledge about the nursing care needed by patients with coronary artery disease. The data was collected through a structured questionnaire which consisted of 56 questions related to the care of patient with coronary artery disease. The results of the study indicated that years of experience had a positive impact on nurses’ knowledge related to coronary nursing care. It was also found that nurses working in the Health Insurance Hospital sector were the least knowledgeable as regards coronary patients’ care. In relation to health teaching areas of the patients with coronary diseases dietary items were well known by nurses ,though patient instruction related to medication were the least known |