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Abstract community health nurse consider cornerstone and play important role in vaccination session. The aim of the study was to assess the nurse’s role in vaccination sessions in primary health care units in El-Hossania city at Sharkia governorate. Subject and Methods: Descriptive study design was used in this study. Sampling: Convenience sample. The study included 86 community health nurses. Data collected by questionnaire to assess socio-demographic data and nurse knowledge, observation check list to observe nurses practice. Results: Demonstrate that 55.8% from studied nurses had inadequate knowledge about vaccination and 60.5% from studied nurses had inadequate practice. Conclusion: There are more than half of studied nurses had inadequate knowledge about their role throughout vaccination session. Meanly two third of them had inadequate practice throughout vaccination session. Only one third of them had good practice. Recommendations: Health education programs to community health nurses should be offered at regular intervals about vaccines, different types of vaccines and nature of each vaccine. Educate nurses about proper method of cold chain and it’s important for safety of vaccine and keeps its potency. |