Introduction: Jaundice comes from the French word "jaune", which means yellow. When it is said a baby is jaundiced, it simply means that the colour of the skin appears yellow, which is often seen in the first few days after birth. The yellow colour is due to the bilirubin that is produced when red blood cells get old and are broken down by the body. Most often, newborns with hyperbilirubinemia are treated with phototherapy. The health personnel have the main role to protect the newborn from the adverse effects and ensure the effectiveness of the photo therapy.

Objective: To assess the practice of staff nurses regarding the care of newborn during phototherapy in selected hospitals of Jaipur Methods: A descriptive survey research design was conducted among the 50 staff nurses working in Government Jaipuria hospital, Jaipur. The samples were selected by non-probability convenient sampling technique.

Results: The mean of practice of the staff nurses is 11.57 with 67.86% mean percentage median is 12 and the SD is 1.98.

Discussion: On the basis of the results it is concluded that the level of 16% has good practice 40% average practice and 44% have poor practice.