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Dissertation Abstract : Background: Critically ill patients have complex nutritional needs to meet the metabolic response to critical illness. The nutritional support for critically ill patients is an important determinant of their survival and recovery. Critical care nurses are the primary ones responsible for feeding the patients in intensive care units. Therefore, their knowledge and performance are important for providing adequate nutritional support for their patients and prevent malnutrition complications. Aim : The current study aimed to assess the effect of nasogastric tube feeding educational interventions on critical care nurses’ knowledge and performance. Method : A quasi-experimental one-group with pre and post-test design was used with a convenience sample of 60 critical care nurses working in four intensive care units affiliated with Mansoura University Hospital in Egypt. Two tools were used to collect data ; ’nasogastric tube feeding knowledge questionnaire’ and ’nasogastric tube feeding observation checklist’. Results : Statistically significant differences were noted in the total mean scores of nurses’ knowledge and performance of nasogastric tube feeding before and after the educational interventions (p≤0.05). Conclusion and Recommendations : Educational interventions can improve nurses’ knowledge and performance of nasogastric tube feeding, and this will be positively reflected on patients’ outcomes. Therefore, we recommend organizing continuous educational activities for critical care nurses to keep them up-to-date and competent. Further studies are needed to investigate the effectiveness of nasogastric tube feeding educational interventions on critically ill patients’ clinical outcome.