Impact of Instruction Booklet on Nurses Knowledge Regard Hepatitis B & C Among Children in Mosul City

Background: Hepatitis (HBV & HCV) a worldwide public health problem distressing millions of people annually. Millions of people are living with viral hepatitis & other millions are at risk. About ((1.3) million deaths annually result of acute hepatitis infection related liver cancer & cirrhosis. Therefore, the nurse's knowledge regard HBV & HCV influences the nature & quality of care that is given to the patient. Objectives: The study targeted to assess the nurse's knowledge regarding viral hepatitis B & C, evaluate the efficiency of information booklet on nurse's knowledge about viral hepatitis B & C & learn the connection between the scores of post test & demographic variables selected. Subjects & methods: A pre experimental design of the study method was adopted, one group pre & post test. The study was conducted between 70 nurses conveniently selected from pediatric hospitals in Mosul city. Content validity was determined by presenting the items to a panel of scientific experts. Results: Pretest was conducted & the information booklet was distributed. The post test was implemented after 14 day. The data analyzed by using differential & inferential statistics. The mean score of pre-test knowledge (11.1571) the mean score of post-test knowledge (20.2857) was apparently greater than the pre-test, recommending that the information booklet was impact in increasing the knowledge of the nurse's regarding HBV & HCV. The mean enhancement in the knowledge was (9.1286) among pre-test & post-test knowledge score of the nurse's was found to be high significant. Conclusion the mean knowledge of post-test score is statistical significant higher than the mean knowledge of pre-test score so information booklet was effective. Recommendations: The study recommends that self-learning module was highly impact in increase of nurse's knowledge about HBV & HCV in pediatric hospitals in Mosul city. Key words: HBV & HCV, Effectiveness of Information booklet, Nurse's knowledge.