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Abstract : A women experiences great pain during labor. A midwife is the ideal person to assist the woman in this crucial period, combining her skills and knowledge with abundant humanity the main goal of alternative and complementary therapies to reduce labor pain it is safe and acceptable to women. Objectives: (i) to assess the knowledge of staff nurses regarding selected alternative and contemporary therapies on reduction of pain during first stage of labor. Methods: AQuantitative Non-experimental study with Purposive sampling technique is used for the sample. Study was conducted on 60 samples. Astructured questionnaire schedule include two section 1) Demographic profile 2) Knowledge of staff nurses regarding alternative and complementary therapies on reduction of labor pain was used for data collection and the data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Results: Results revealed that 52 (86.7%) staff nurses had inadequate knowledge regarding alternative therapies of reduction of labor pain during first stage of labor, 8 (13.3%) of them had moderately adequate knowledge and none of them had adequate knowledge.