Background: Hyperbilirubinemia is the most common problem in the newborn period that requiring hospitalization and medical attention. Approximately 60% of all newborns develop some degree of jaundice in the first week of life. Aim of the study: To assess mothers' knowledge and attitude regarding neonatal hyperbilirubinemia. Research design: A descriptive exploratory research design was used to achieve the aim of this study. Sample: A convenient sample of 375 mothers admitted to postpartum unit at Minia University Hospital for Obstetrics and Pediatrics. Tool: Structured interview questionnaire were developed by the researchers that include Part I: Personal data of the mothers including age, place of residence, level of education, occupation …etc. Part II: assessment of mothers' knowledge regarding neonatal hyperbilirubinemia. Part III: assessment of mothers' attitude regarding hyperbilirubinemia by using five levels Likert scale. Results: the results of the current study revealed that more than half of mothers had unsatisfactory level of knowledge regarding hyperbilirubinemia and the vast majority of them had an agree attitude toward hyperbilirubinemia. There was a fair a correlation between occupation and educational level of mothers and their total knowledge scores. More than half of mothers with past history of babies with hyperbilirubinemia have a satisfactory knowledge and there was no statistically a significance difference between mothers who have previous experience with hyperbilirubinemia and their attitudes to hyperbilirubinemia. Conclusion: More than half of mothers have an unsatisfactory knowledge regarding hyperbilirubinemia and the most of mothers have an agree attitude regarding hyperbilirubinemia. Recommendation: further health education program should be conducted to increase awareness of mother to how to deal and manage their newborn with hyperbilirubinemia.

Background: Cancer is a leading cause of death for children worldwide. More than 80% of children with cancer are cured in high-income countries, but only 20% are cured in many low-income countries. Aim: To assess the knowledge and performance of mothers having children with cancer undergoing chemotherapy. Research design: Descriptive research design was used in the current study. Sample: A purposive sample of 35 mothers having children with cancer and undergoing chemotherapy participated in the study. Setting: The current study was conducted at the pediatric unit at Minia Oncology Center. Tools: Tool (I): Structured Interview Sheet: covered the personal data of the mothers and the characteristics of the child; Tool (II): mothers Knowledge Assessment Sheet and Tool (III): mothers Performance Assessment Sheet. Results: There was lacking knowledge and performance of mothers having children with cancer undergoing chemotherapy. There were no statistically significant relationships between the total mean scores of mothers' knowledge and total mothers' practice regarding childhood cancer and chemotherapy as well as their personal data as age, level of education, their children's age, gender and the child's rank in the family (p=>0.05). Conclusion:The study concluded that the overall level of mothers' knowledge and performance was unsatisfactory. Personal variables have no impact on the knowledge and performance of the mothers. Recommendation: The study recommended that developing periodic educational programs and instructions to mothers having children with cancer undergoing chemotherapy would improve their knowledge and performance regarding childhood cancer and chemotherapy.

Background: Child emotional abuse is a global problem and a persistent phenomenon globally, and a significant child rights issue. The study aimed to investigate the different patterns of parental emotional abuse among adolescent nursing schools students. Research design: A descriptive research design was utilized. Setting: This study was conducted in secondary nursing schools in the Minia district. Subjects: A convenient sample of all students in the previous mentioned setting. Tool of data collection: A structured interviewing questionnaire which included two parts: Part one: demographic data of the studied students and Part two: Emotional Abuse Questionnaire. Results: the majority of the studied adolescent nursing students were exposed to verbal abuse, over controlling and emotional rejection. Near three-quarters of them were exposed to over expectation, two-thirds of them had been emotionally abused, and more than half had to terrorize. Conclusion: Two-thirds of the studied adolescent nursing students had emotional abuse, and one-third were sometimes exposed to it. Also, females have more exposure to emotional abuse than male adolescent nursing students. Recommendation: Comprehensive parental training and family support programs should be developed to reduce emotional abuse.

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Neonatal sepsis is a clinical syndrome of systemic illness accompanied by bacteremia occurring in the first month of life. So, the aim of this study was to assess nurses' knowledge and practices related Neonatal Sepsis in the Neonatal Intensive Care Units at El-Minia Hospitals. Descriptive design was utilized. A convenient sample of 50 nurses was included. This study was conducted in NICUS at Der-Mwas hospitals and Mallawy hospitals. The methods of data collection were a structured interview questionnaire, knowledge assessment sheet, and observational checklist. Results: all nurses of nurses had satisfactory knowledge related to environmental risk factors of neonatal sepsis, and more than three quarters of them had satisfactory knowledge related to maternal risk factors and therapeutic management regarding neonatal sepsis (78.0% and 76.0% respectively). Also, the majority of nurses had good practices in caring for neonates with sepsis and the minority of them had poor practice. Conclusion: the majority of nurses' in the neonatal units at der-Mwas hospital and Mallawy hospital had satisfactory knowledge and good practices related to neonatal sepsis in the neonatal intensive care units while the minority of them had unsatisfactory knowledge and average practices. Recommendations: Provision of continuing education programs on regular basis is suggested in order to refresh and update nurse's knowledge, as well as reinforce proper practices related to neonatal sepsis in neonatal units.