Urinary incontinence is more common with ageing. Aim: to assess nurses' knowledge and practice about elderly with urinary incontinence. Research design: Descriptive research design was used in the study. Setting: the study was carried out in the Urology, Neurology, Coronary department and the Private sector at Assiut University Hospital. A convenient sample was used. And included all nurses in previous mentioned settings. Total number were 243 nurses. Two tools:- Tool I: Interview questionnaire sheet:- included 2 parts: First part included personal characteristics. Second part included: questions to measure nurses' knowledge about urinary incontinence. Tool II: urinary incontinence scale to assess urinary incontinence nursing practice. Results: 66.3% of the studied nurses were diploma. 69.1% of them had fair knowledge score, and only 14% of them had good knowledge score, 70.8% of nurses had faire in practice score. Conclusion: There are statistical significant differences between nurses' total score of knowledge about urinary incontinence and their total score of practice in caring elderly patient with urinary incontinence (p<0.01). Recommendation: Continued nursing education and in service training programs on unit should be well organized at Assiut University to upgrade the nurses' knowledge and practicing skills regarding elderly urinary incontinence.
Keywords: Elderly, Urinary, Incontinence, Knowledge, Nurses & Practices.