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Background: Workplace place incivility may lead to different outcomes that an increase in mental and physical stress. Aim: To assess the incivility and ostracism in the workplace among staff nurses and its relation to the quality of care. Research Design: Descriptive correlational research design was utilized. Setting: The current study was conducted at South Vally University Hospital. Subjects: A convenience sample consisted of 100 staff nurses were enrolled in the study. Tools: Three main tools were used (I) Workplace Incivility scale, (II) Workplace Ostracism Scale, and (III) Quality of Nursing Care scale. Results: In the results of the current study more than half of the nurses had a low level of workplace ostracism. The overall mean of the quality of nursing care scale was 3.14 (SD = 0.66) from a scale of 1-5 and health promotion was the lowest mean dimension (mean = 3.08, SD = 0.74). Nurse incivility exerted a multivariate effect on the overall quality of nursing care and its different dimensions. There was a low-level positive (r = 0,302; p <0, 01) statistically significant correlation between staff nurses' workplace incivility and workplace ostracism. Conclusion: General incivility and nurse incivility were found to negatively affect the quality of nursing care and its different dimensions. Recommendations: Incivility must be treated with a zero-tolerance policy by hospital administrators. Administrators at hospitals must foster a positive work environment in which civil communication is the norm and hospital standards are known and obeyed. Provide useful information to enhance the quality of nursing care by acting in incivility concerns that arise from various sources within the hospital.

Background: Nurse Interns' knowledge, practice regarding triage and adherence to preventive behaviors has been influential factors in triage decision-making at emergency units during COVID 19 Pandemic. Aim of the study: Enhancing nurse interns` knowledge and practice regarding triage at emergency units during COVID 19 pandemic. Design: A quasi experimental design was utilized in this study. Setting: Emergency Units at Benha University Hospital. Subjects: A convenient sample of 60 nurse interns. Tools for data collection: Intern Nurses` Personal Characteristics Sheet, Nurse Interns` Knowledge Questionnaire, Triage Practice Observational Checklist, COVID-19 Preventive Behavior Assessment Tool. Results: Nurse interns' knowledge, practice regarding triage was highly statistically significally improved after the program implementation. Also, their preventive behavior regarding COVID-19 level was highly statistical significant improved after the program implementation. As (72.7%) of them had poor preventive behavior level, that improved to (86.6%) had good preventive behavior level post program. Conclusion: the triage program had a significant effect on improving nurse interns' knowledge and practice of triage, and total preventative behavior regarding COVID-19 level was significantly improved after the program phase. Recommendations: Publication and dissemination of the educational guidelines in emergency department service to improve nurse interns' performance about triage corona virus patients.

Background: Healthcare structures around the globe are appropriately increasingly curious about heartening the role of subjects in their care and stretch to evolve them. Aim: This study aimed to assess patient empowerment at the National Institute of Diabetes and Endocrinology in the Internal Medicine and Surgery departments. Methods: This was a descriptive study. 400 diabetic patients were included in this study that was conducted at the National Institute of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Cairo. Data were gathered using the self-control questionnaire including the patient enablement instrument, the control preferences scale, and the patient activation measure. Results : Regarding patient activation, 69% of patients had high levels of activation, and only 14 % of them were low,50.5% actively preferred decision-making, 52% of them had low levels of enablement following clinician consultation, and only 20 % were moderate, 54.5% who had low levels of diabetic self-control and only (18.5 %) had high control of diabetes. Conclusion: This study found that almost two-thirds of the sample had a high degree of activation and that slightly more than half preferred to make medical decisions on their own or did so while taking the doctor's advice into account those were active, and slightly more than half of the studied sample were enabled and their score after clinical consultation was low and slightly more than half of the studied patients were low self-control of diabetes.

Medication administration principles and errors for nurses caring for elderly patients play a significant role for improving elderly people health and decrease hospitalization. The current study aimed to assess medication administration principles and errors as perceived by nurses caring for elderly patients. Design: A descriptive research design was used in this study. Setting:The study was conducted at inpatient departments in Beni-Suef University hospital. Sample: A convenient sample of (120) nurses was recruited at the current study. Tools: Three tools were used I): Questionnaire sheet assessing respondents' opinions about Medication administration principles II): Observation checklist of Medication administration principles. III): Opinionnaire sheet examined the types, stages, and causes of medication administration errors. Results: The majority of studied subjects (72.3%) applied the medication administration principles for caring for elderly patients. on the other hand, (27.7%) were not applying medication administration principles in general; the majority of the nurses (73.5%) observed doing the medication administration principles for caring for elderly patients. on the other side, (26.5%) observed not applying medication administration principles in general, most of the studied subjects (82.7%) agreed on all listed medication administration errors in the opinionnaire. Conclusion: Based on the results of the present study it was concluded that nurses demonstrated satisfactory competency levels regarding medication administration indicated by good practice demonstration level, medication administration principles, and medication errors. The current satisfactory nurses' scores of medication administration are the main reason for the increase in the importance of high-quality elderly patients' care. Recommended that: Developing educational programs and upgrading nurses with assessing patient's condition, documentation correctly in medication charts. Increase nurses' awareness regarding medication preparation to be administered (check labels, prepare injections, observed aseptic techniques).

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Background: In today's competitive world, talent management and creativity practices are critical to the survival and success of employees and achieving organizational excellence and development especially in the era of global growth, great demand and limited supply of human resources. Aim: To investigate the nursing management staff' talent and creativity practices and its relation with organizational development and excellence. Research Design: Descriptive correlational research design has been used. Setting: The study was conducted at all units of Beni-