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The purpose of the study was to assess the level of knowledge regarding management of bed sore among staff nurses findings of the study can help the health care professional to plan and implement awareness program for nurses to manage the patient with bed sore. The objectives of the study were to assess the level of knowledge regarding management of bed sore among staff nurses and to find the association between level of knowledge regarding management of bed sore and selected demographic variables. A survey research approach was used and the research design adopted for the present study was descriptive. The target population for the study was staff nurses in selected hospitals of Moradabad. Sample size was 157 data analysis was done by the basis of objective and hypothesis of study. The obtained data was analyzed based on objective and hypothesis by using descriptive and inferential statistics and hypothesis were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The results of the study says that level of knowledge regarding management of bed sore among 157 staff nurses that 51 (32.5%) had good knowledge, 103 (65.6%) had a average knowledge and 3 (1.9%) had a poor knowledge. There was no significant association between knowledge and demographic variable such as staff nurse age (p=0.42), education (p=0.79), gender (p=0.67), religion (p=0.37), experience (p=0.60), working place (p=0.77) and source of information (p=0.69). This study concluded that majority of the nurses have average knowledge that others regarding management of bed sore. The findings highlight that the health care providers can play a significant role to educate the nurses regarding importance of early detection, management and prevention of bed sore.