Neonatal Mortality Rate Is Substantially High In India. Every year nearly 45% of all under 5 child deaths are among Newborn infants, babies in their first 28 days of life or the neonatal period. The main causes of newborn deaths are prematurity and low-birth-weight, infections, asphyxia (lack of oxygen at birth) and birth trauma. Under NRHM scheme GOI has introduced training for all health professionals of facility based newborn care in 2012. To support this training session present research work is thought of to be introduced among Staff nurses of newborn care unit. “A Study to Assess the Knowledge of Staff Nurses on FBNC (facility based new born care) by The Standardized Tool in selected hospitals of Gwalior, with a view to develop information booklet.” The Objectives of The study are To assess the knowledge of Staff nurses on certain selected aspects of FBNC (facility based new born care), To find out the association between demographic variables of staff nurses such as work experience in paediatricunit, age of staff nurse, educational qualification, training attended of FBNC, type of working institute, workshops attended, additional diploma in newborn care and their knowledge score in certain selected aspects of FBNC (facility based new born care), To compare the knowledge score of participants on FBNC during child birth and just after child birth. A descriptive research approach was used in the current study. The population compromised of StaffNurses working in governmental and non govt. Paediatric hospitals in Gwalior city of M.P. Purposive sampling technique was used to select a sample of 60 Staff Nurses. the findings of the study revealed that the Mean knowledge of participants about Newborn care during birth is found to be less than mean knowledge score of participants about Newborn care just after birth which is 6.867 and 8.983 resp. with a standard deviation of 1.589 and 1.01. Calculated Median of knowledge score 7 and 9. The information booklet is also provided to all selected participants after the assessment of knowledge deficit areas. 

Keywords: FBNC: Facility Based Newborn Care; SNCU: Sick Newborn Care Unit.