Background: Today, it has been increasingly recognized that job crafting is an important employee proactive organizational behavior which leads to various valuable outcomes for both organizations and employees. Aim: To assess the mediating role of proactive personality in job crafting and it's impact on nurses' anticipated turnover .Design: A descriptive correlational design. Setting: The Main Assiut University Hospital's ICUs served as the study's location. Subjects: All nurses working in ICUs at Main Assiut University Hospital with total number (no= 273). Study tool: Included tool (1): Personal characteristics tool (2): Job crafting scale, tool (3): Anticipated turnover scale (ATS) and tool (4): Proactive personality scale. Result: There are nearly half of the studied nurses have moderate level of job crafting and the highest mean scores as regarding to total job crafting. While the lowest mean scores was related to total proactive personality. Conclusion: There are negative correlations between nurses' age and years of experience with anticipated turnover, proactive personality, and job crafting with highly statistical significance differences between nurses' age with proactive personality and between years of experience with proactive personality and job crafting. Recommendation: Design recruitment process that emphasis on evaluating nurses' proactive personalities and willingness to adjust to new situations

A health information system (HIS) is a comprehensive, integrated and specialized system that manages both administrative and clinical aspects of hospitals and healthcare information facilities. Aim: Proposed a job description model for nurses who use hospital information systems. Study subjects: All available ICU nurses at Al-Rajhy Hospital who are using HIS (no = 26). Study tools: Three tools were used, namely, personal data sheet, diary and observational performance checklist. Result: The majority of the nurses in the study recorded vital signs, assessed the patient’s condition, made beds, and documented patient data electronically. Conclusion: The majority of the subject is responsible for all aspects of attendance and punctuality, appearance, work habits, staff relations and communications with patients, nursing care plan activities, material planning, safety measures and patient safety, documentation electronically, coordination, and staying technically up to date. Recommendation: A job description should be added to the HIS user manual and distributed widely to support the nursing staff. Continuing training workshops for new HIS users should be established to improve their computer skills. Keywords: Health information system, Job description, Nursing informatics.

Background: An employee's strengths and flaws are revealed through the performance appraisal system, empowering and assisting them in making decisions about his career and intend to depart. Aim: Assess the effect of current performance appraisal system on staff nurses intent to leave and empowerment. Design: Descriptive correlational Setting: Main Assiut University hospital and Al-Eman Health governorate hospital. Study subjects: convenient sample (n=540) Nursing staff were employed at setting previously stated. Study tools: Three tools were used, Tool 1: Contains 1st part Personal data sheet with Personal characteristics, 2nd part: Performance Appraisal System Questionnaire, Tool II: Nurses' Empowerment Questionnaire, Tool III: Intent to leave Questionnaire. Results: The highest mean scores of performance appraisal perception were related to fairness of performance, there was a statistically significant positive association between the empowerment and departure intention of staff nurses. Conclusion: Greater than two thirds of the study subjects had high perception of current performance evaluation system and most of them empowered and the great majority of them hadn’t intent to leave. Recommendation: Use performance appraisal system to be compatible with Egyptian sustainable development goals.

Abstracts: Background: Females with visual impairment require continuous support in their personal hygiene practices. They are particularly at risk due to the challenges on access to health information. Aim: To assess personal hygiene awareness among visually impaired El-Nour school female students. Design: A cross-sectional descriptive design. Setting: This study was conducted in El-Nour school at Sohag Governorate. Sample: A cluster random sample of 55 visually impaired adolescent students. Tools: Three tools were used to collect data. Tool one included two parts; part one: personal characteristics and part two: visually impaired female students’ knowledge about personal hygiene. Tool two: Included two parts; part one: The personal hygiene behavior scale and Part two: The Genital Hygiene Behaviors scale. Tool three: Reported practices about hand washing, teeth brushing and perineal care. Results: It was found that 52.7% of the studied students had unsatisfactory knowledge of personal hygiene, 78.2% & 63.6% had negative personal and genital hygiene behavior respectively and 67.3% had unsatisfactory reported practices about hand washing, teeth brushing and perineal care. Also, there were statistically significant differences between visually impaired female students’ level of knowledge about personal hygiene and their father's education, mother’s education, father's occupation and mother's occupation (P value = 0.000, 0.001, 0.013 and 0.001) respectively. Conclusion: the studied findings revealed that visually impaired female student had unsatisfactory knowledge about personal hygiene and they had negative personal and genital hygiene behavior. Recommendation: Educational program about personal hygiene habits should be provided for visually impaired female students in the early age.

Keywords: Awareness, personal hygiene, visually impaired female students.

Abstracts: Background: Globally public health concerns about oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancer are growing. It is a debilitating disease that may result in severe impacts on a patient's emotional, functional, and financial aspects while also significantly reducing their quality of life. Aim of the study: Assess prevalence of smoking and students' knowledge about oral cavity, and oropharyngeal cancer at Assiut University. Methodology: In this study, a descriptive research design was used. Sample: The total 925 students from Assiut University participated in the current study, which used multistage random samples. The study utilized two instruments: Tool I was a self-administered questionnaire on the student's personal characteristics; Tool II part one was a knowledge test covering the effects of smoking on the oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancer part two the prevalence of smoking. Results: It indicated that 19.2% of students were smokers. and 4.9% of students had a good knowledge score about oral cavity, and oropharyngeal cancer, while 74.9% of students had a poor knowledge score, Conclusion: The students knowledge regarding oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancer, and the adverse effects of smoking on the oral cavity is insufficient. Recommendation: An educational program should be given for university students about smoking, oral health, and oropharyngeal cancer.

Keywords: Knowledge, Oral cavity, Oropharyngeal cancer, Smoking

Abstracts: Background: Visually impaired female students have the vast efforts to maintain proper menstrual hygiene. Aim: The study aimed to assess knowledge and reported practice of visually impaired El-Nour school female students about menstrual hygiene at Sohag Governorate. Study design: A descriptive cross sectional research design was utilized in the study. Setting: The study was carried out in El-Nour school in Sohag Governorate. Sample: A cluster random sample of fifty-five (55) visually impaired female students. Tools: Tool one included two parts; part one included personal characteristics and part two included visually impaired female students’ knowledge about menstrual hygiene. Tool two included the genital hygiene behaviors scale. Tool three included reported practice about perineal care. Results: 58.2% of visually impaired female students had unsatisfactory knowledge about menstrual hygiene, 63.6% of them had negative genital hygiene behavior and 74.5% of them had unsatisfactory reported practice about perineal care. Conclusion: Visually impaired female student had unsatisfactory knowledge about menstrual hygiene and negative genital hygiene behavior. Also, they had unsatisfactory score of reported practice about perineal care. Recommendation: Training and educational program about menstrual hygiene should be provided for visually impaired female students.

Keywords: Knowledge, Menstrual hygiene, Reported practice & Visually impaired female students.

Abstracts: Background: Photocopiers and printers release several toxic compounds when operating, posing a significant public-health issue since millions of workers worldwide might be affected. Aim: To evaluate the effectiveness of educational program on knowledge and practices regarding occupational safety measures. Subjects and Method: Quasi-experimental with one group pretest, posttest design was conducted, among 163 workers at central printing press, and all photocopy and printing offices at Assiut University Faculties. Data collected by face-to-face interviewing the photocopy and printing workers using a structured questionnaire. It included two tools. Tool I: Part One: personal and occupational data. Part two: Assessment of studied workers' knowledge about occupational hazards and subsequent health problems. Tool II: Hand washing & back stretching exercise observational checklist. Results: The study exposed that 89.6% of studied workers had poor knowledge scores about occupational hazards and safety measures in the pre-test, which improved to 44.2% of workers who had good knowledge scores in the post-test and 58.3% of them had fair knowledge scores in the follow-up test. Additionally, 94.5% of studied workers had unsatisfactory practice scores in the pre-test, which improved to 62.6% having satisfactory practice scores in the post-test and 49.7% having satisfactory practices scores in the follow-up test with a statistically significant p<0.001.  Conclusion: Implementation of educational program leading to an improvement of workers' knowledge and practices regarding occupational safety measures. Recommendation: Continuing educational program for the photocopy and printing workers to reduce occupational hazards.

Keywords: Educational program, Occupational safety, Photocopy, Printing &Worker

Abstracts: Background: Post gastric sleeve surgery, the changes in gastrointestinal physiology result in altered absorption and nutrient deficiencies. These patients need specialized nursing guidance to prevent unnecessary gastrointestinal symptoms. Aim: The study aims to examine the effect of hybrid nursing guidance on eating patterns and perception among patients post gastric sleeve. Design: quasi experimental (per-posttest) research design. Sample: A convenient sample of Eighty adult male and female patients. The sample was divided into two groups (study group 50 patients) and (control group 30 patients) undergoing gastric sleeve surgery Setting: Department of plastic surgery, gastric sleeve surgery unit and obesity outpatient clinic at Assiut university hospital. Tools: The data were collected by using three tools: (1) An interview questionnaire sheet (2) three-factor eating questionnaire and (3) Body image perception questionnaire. Results: there was a statistically significant difference in knowledge scores between study and control groups between the pre and posttest after 6th months from the application of the hybrid nursing guidance, as well as patients' eating practice pattern wear enhanced significantly post application of the hybrid nursing guidance, also patients complications post gastric sleeve were improved, finally patient‘ perception was significantly higher comparing to pre application values with (p = 0.001). Conclusion: This study showed that implementation of hybrid nursing guidance contributed positively with the changes of the patients post gastric sleeve surgery regarding eating practice pattern, prevent unnecessary gastrointestinal complications, and higher perception comparing to pre application of the hybrid nursing discharge guidance. Recommendation: Nurses should apply these guidelines as hospital routine care in the study place, as it will help patients adapt to their situation and increase their wellbeing as the initial aim.

Keywords: Eating Patterns, Gastric Sleeve&Hybrid guidance & Perception.

Abstracts: Background: Photocopy and printing workers have a great chance of exposure to polluting materials and various hazardous substances that are harmful to human health. Objective: This study aims to assess occupational hazards and self-reported health problems among photocopy and printing workers. Design: Descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among 163 workers at central printing press, including printing and photocopies offices of faculties, Assiut University. Methods: A structured questionnaire was administered through face-to-face interviews by the researcher. All respondents were interviewed during the period from first of February to the first of July 2022. It comprised four main parts Part One: Demographic and occupational data. Part Two: Self-Reported health problems of study participants. Part Three: Workplace environment at photocopy and printing offices. Part four: Studied workers' knowledge about occupational hazards and their knowledge about health risks associated with each hazard. Results: The study revealed that 89.0% of studied workers were male, 39.9% of them were aged from 40-50 years. Alongside, 89.6% of studied workers had poor knowledge about occupational hazards and health risks of each hazards. The most frequent muscle-skeletal problem among studied workers was back pain 36.2%. Approximately 9.8% complained from vomiting. Regarding respiratory problems, shortness of breathing was reported by 25.8% of the participants. About 10.4% of studied workers suffered from visual impairment. Also, 22.7% of participants complained from skin irritation. Conclusion: The study concluded that poor knowledge about occupational hazards, so they at higher risk for different work-related health problems.

Keywords: Occupational Hazards, Self-Reported, Health Problems, Photocopy, Printing, Workers.

Background: Workers in slaughterhouses engaging in unhygienic practices create conducive environments for zoonoses and meat contamination. Knowledge of hygiene practices and their determinants provides evidence for the design of targeted interventions. Aim: To assess occupational health hazards prevalence, knowledge, attitude and practice among butchers at Assiut District and City. Subjects and method; Study design: A community-based descriptive, cross-sectional design was used. Setting: Butchers’ shops in Assiut District and City. Sample: Included 350 people working in butcher profession: Study tools: Three tools were included in this study; Tool (I): A structured, interview sheet consisted of five sections; personal characteristics, work related data, work environment assessment, reported occupational health problems, and butchers' knowledge. Tool (II): Butchers' attitude regarding occupational health hazards. Tool (III): Butchers’ practice observational checklist. Results: It was found that 45.1% of butchers aged<40 years, 40.9% had secondary education, 45.7% had fair level of knowledge with significance relation with education, residence, and nature of work. Also, 78.9% of them had a positive attitude with positive links with education, residence and receiving training courses and 70.0% of them had satisfactory practices which affected with education, residence and work experience. Conclusion: Butchers had a fair level of knowledge, positive attitude and satisfactory level of practices regarding occupational hazards. Recommendations: Health education program regarding occupational safety and the importance of protective personal equipment should be encouraged