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Labor is an emotional experience and involves both physiological and psychological mechanisms. Pain is a common experience for women during labor. Effective management of labor pain plays a role in a woman's satisfaction with childbirth. A nurse is the ideal person to assist the woman in this crucial hour, combining her skills and knowledge of massage technique to ease the labor pain1. Massage is a time horned method by which women have received comfort throughout the millennia2. Objectives To assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of 4th year B.sc (N) students regarding massage techniques in managing first stage of labor, to find out the association between the knowledge, attitude and practice score with socio demographic of B.sc (N) students and to develop information booklet regarding massage techniques. Methodology: The research approach used for the present study was a survey research approach and descriptive survey design was adopted for the present study. The sample of the study chosen by non-probability Purposive Sampling Technique, which includes 60 female 4th year B.Sc(N) students. A self-structured questionnaire was used to collect the data which consists of 6 Socio demographic 23 knowledge questionnaires, 20 attitude statement and practice checklist consist of 20 item.Results: The major findings of the study were out of 60 B.Sc Nursing students. The study revealed that 58.33% had moderate knowledge, 76.58% had positive attitude and the practice assessment revealed 93.33% students had poor practice in spite of positive attitude.