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Introdution: Newborn individualized developmental care and assessment program (NIDCAP) is emphasized. This study aimed to determining the barriers to implementation of NIDCAP from nurses' perspectives in neonatal intensive care units in Shahid Sadoughi Hospital in Yazd.
Methods: This descriptive study was conducted using a census sampling method. The samples were54  nurses  working in the intensive care unit of Shahid Sadoughi and Afshar Hospitals in Yazd. Data were gathered using two questionnaires,( demographic and barrier assessment questionnaires) . Data analysis was performed in SPSS version 24 using descriptive statistics, Chi-square, independent t-test and fisher test.
Results: Results showed that in terms of mean and standard deviation, in the area barriers of sleep care, lack of skill (3.08± 1.28 ), In the area of pain and stress assessment management, lack of skill (2.86. ±1.31), in the area of activities of daily living and family-centered care, lack of effective communication with parents respectively (2.83 ± 1.39) and ( 2.86± 1.32), in the area of  provision of healing environment, lack of standard light and sound in unit (2.76 ± 1.81) and in the area of organizational barriers, the disproportionate number of nurses to the patients (3.47±0.84) were identified as the most important barriers
Conclusion: Based on the findings, lack of skill, lack of effective communication with parents, lack of standard environment and disproportionate number of nurses and patients are the most important barriers to the implementation of NIDCAP in NICUs that managers need to plan appropriate design for addressing them.