ABSTRACT
The study was conducted to determine the attitudes of nurses working in MCH and family planning centers toward family planning issues in order to develop a training program based on the findings. One hundred and fifty three nurses from six governorates, namely Alexandria, Assiut Kafr, El-Sheikh, Dakahlia, Garbia and Behera. Data were collected by the use of interview questionaire. The results of the study revealed that the nurses practice family planning and have small family size, yet they still hold negative or ambivalent attitudes regarding family planning which could interfere with their delivering of family planning services and affect the practice of consumer. This was so especially for nurses from upper Egypt. Recommendations were given to overcome these negative attitudes