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Abstract Background The practice of nurse midwives has a unique opportunity of closely observing and providing care for the newborn infant after delivery Objective To study midwives performance during immediate care of new born. Methodology descriptive cross sectional hospital base study was conducted at two maternity hospitals 65 midwives enrolled in the study, data were taken by observational check list, analyzed by Statistical Package of Social Science and data presented in simple frequency tables. Results revealed that midwives had good practice in provide clearance air way 89% ,provide cord care 100% but had poor practice100%in assessing Apgar scoring and poor practice in measuring vital signs and head circumference. Conclusion, in current study poor practice in Apgar score measuring and good practice in providing care of the cord. Recommendation: immediate care of new born protocol should be applied to improve participant’s practices