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Post partum hemorrhage (PPH) is the leading cause of maternal mortality in Bangladesh. However, the present study has conducted to assess the nurses and midwives' knowledge on causes about postpartum hemorrhage, to assess barrier to manage postpartum hemorrhage case, to identify the nurses and midwives' efficiency on postpartum hemorrhage and to find out the socio-demographic characteristics of the respondents. The study was a cross sectional descriptive type. The study was conducted in selected hospital at Chattagram division in Bangladesh. The Hospitals are Cumilla Medical College Hospital, Cumilla General Hospital, Upozilla Health Complex, Nangolcourt, Cumilla and Upazilla Health Complex, Laksham, Cumilla in Bangladesh. Purposive sampling method was used for the study. Total 400 nurses were selected for the study. Data were collected from primary and secondary sources. Questionnaire was used for data collection. Data were processed by using of SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Science) windows software program version 16. From the result it was revealed that most common causes of PPH were retained placenta. From the result it was found that the nurses are the key personnel to serve the post partum mothers but very few of them has updated training for management of post partum hemorrhage. Uterine message can be first nursing intervention for treating PPH. Oxytocin can be more effective first line medication for treating PPH.