Background and aim: Knee osteoarthritis considered as a foremost cause of disability globally, with a substantial societal impact and an increasing financial burden on healthcare systems. School teachers estimated as one of the professions with a high frequency of occupational musculoskeletal illnesses. The study aimed to assess knowledge and associated risk factors of knee osteoarthritis among school teachers. Subjects and Method: Descriptive cross-sectional design. Setting: Nine schools representing 10% of the total Assiut City schools which selected randomly. Sample: Total of 749 teachers. Study tools: Two tools were used; Tool (I): Five parts; personal data, chronic diseases, data of knee pain, risk factors of knee osteoarthritis and school teachers knowledge. Tool (II): Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score scale. Results: It found that 42.6% aged 40 -< 50, 56.9% female and 80.2% were overweight and obese, 51.3% of teachers suffering from knee pain and 70.2% had poor knowledge which affected by age, educational level, residence and years of experience. As well as, pain and symptoms subscales of Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome were significantly linked with age, sex and body mass index. Conclusion and recommendations: There were deficient of knowledge about knee osteoarthritis. Furthermore, the most significant risk factors were age, female sex, urban residence, body mass index more than or equal 25 (kg/m2 ), married status, presence of chronic diseases, education and family history. It was recommended that health education program about knee osteoarthritis should be provided for school teachers.

The nursing practice environment is a predominant factor that affects nurses’ decisions to quit or stay. Aim: to assess the
nurses' perception regarding the nursing practice environment and its effect on the intention to quit. Methods: It's a
descriptive correlational study design. The samples of the present study include [360] nurses from selected hospitals.
Three tools were used; namely, 1) A demographic sheet 2) A practice Environment Scale, and 3) An intention to quit
questionnaire. Results: The majority of the nurses perceptions are mixed concerning the practice environment (78.9%).
the highest percentage of nurses' perceive a better practice environment in El Rajehy hospital (46.7%), while, the lowest
percentage of them is in the main hospital (2.2%). About (67.5%) of the nurses had the intention to quit. Conclusion:
There was a negative correlation between the intention to quit and the total practice environment with highly statistically
significant differences (P. value <0.01).
Keywords: Nurses, Nurses intention to quit, Nursing practice environment, and Work environment

Background: Employees who perceive their organizations as valuing their contributions will reciprocate with favorable attitudes (as loyalty, advocacy, retention, job embeddedness, satisfaction). Aims: Assess the level of employee's advocacy, loyalty and job embeddedness among nursing staff and assess the effect of employee advocacy and loyalty on job embeddedness among nursing staff. Study design: A descriptive correlational approach was used. Setting: This study was done at Assiut University Main Hospital. Subject and Methods: All 300 nurses working in the surgical and medical departments of the Assiut University Main Hospital were the study's subjects. The data was collected through self - administered questionnaire which includes individual characteristics data, employee advocacy and loyalty scale, and job embeddedness questionnaire. Results: There are strong positive correlations among all study variables with highly statistically significance difference. Conclusion: Advocacy and loyalty have significant effect on job embeddedness. Recommendation: Managers should set up mentoring initiatives to improve relationships with the organization and should be advocate, supportive, and guides the employees in all situations.
Keywords: Employee advocacy, Job embeddedness, Loyalty & nursing staff.

Introduction: students' attitudes toward sustainable development goals are key factor in any future efforts to sustain and reservation the current resources for future generations. Aim: Assess Faculty of Nursing students' attitudes toward sustainable development goals. Study design: A Correlational descriptive research design was used. Setting: This study was conducted at Faculty of nursing –Assiut University. Subject and Method: Stratified random sample from Faculty of Nursing students with total number (343) students. The data collected through self – administered questionnaire which includes personal characteristics data, Attitudes toward sustainable development scale. Results: The highest mean scores (13.05±1.8 and 13.05±1.8) of student's attitudes toward sustainable development goals are regarding to society and education goals. There are highly statistically significant differences between academic year and sustainable development goals. Conclusion: Faculty of nursing students have positive attitudes toward sustainable development goals. Recommendation: The curriculum of all faculties should include sustainable development goals.
Keywords: Faculty of Nursing, Students' attitudes & Sustainable development goals.

Background: Authentic leadership is a suitable leadership model that results directly or
indirectly in more positive workplace behaviors and attitudes, including employees' resilience and
work engagement. Aim: To assess the effects of resilience on work engagement under authentic
leadership. Design: A descriptive correlational design was used for this study. Setting: This study
was conducted at El- Rajehy and Al Orman, Hospitals. Subjects: Convenient sample was used in
this study total number (345) which includes (305) nurses and (40) head nurses in the predetermined
setting. Results: The highest percentages of nurses who have good work engagement and high
resilience were working in Al Orman Hospital. Moreover, the head nurses working in Al Orman
Hospital had the highest mean scores on authentic leadership. Conclusion: There was a strong
positive correlation between resilience and work engagement with highly statistically significant
differences, and there was a positive correlation between authentic leadership and resilience with
highly statistically significant differences. Recommendation: Managers should constantly evaluate
employee resilience levels and develop strategies and use resources to ensure that employees are
encouraged to adopt good work engagement attitudes.
Keywords: Resilience, Work engagement, Authentic leadership

Background: The Corona Virus Disease 2019 is a major ongoing concern for the adolescents with disability. Aim: The study aimed to assess the effect of covid-19 pandemic fear, anxiety and quality of life among adolescent girls with special needs. Design: Descriptive cross-sectional study. Setting: The study was conducted at Deaf& dumb and blind schools for girls. A total of 140 deaf & dumb and blind girls were included in the study. Study tools: Three tools were used included; tool 1 (Part 1): Personal characteristics of the adolescent girls with special needs. Tool 1 (Part 2): World Health Organization Quality of Life. Tool 2: The COVID 2019 Fear scale. Tool 3: COVID 2019 anxiety scale. Results: It was found that 90.7% of the girls were from rural area, 85.7% were deaf and dumb and 61.4% of them had secondary education. 67.1% of Adolescent girls with special needs had high quality of life before the pandemic while they had moderate quality of life during. Conclusion: Adolescent girls with special needs had high level of Quality of Life before the pandemic, while difficulties and restrictions during the pandemic negatively affected adolescent Quality of Life. Age, type of disability, parents’ education and occupation were affecting the quality of life domains. Recommendations: It is recommended to conduct training programs for adolescents with disabilities to improve their quality of life.

Background: Chronic pruritus is a common complaint among elderly patients. Aim: The study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of implementing nursing guidelines on chronic pruritus among elderly patients. Methods: Design: Quasi experimental research Design was used for this study. Setting: The study was carried out at the outpatient clinics of the department of Dermatology, Venereology and Andrology at Sohag University Hospital and outpatient clinics of dermatology at Sohag General Hospital. Sample: The study included purposive sample of 80 elderly patients with chronic pruritus during six months (42 experimental & 38 control). Tools: Two tools were used to collect data, the first tool was:- Interview questionnaire for personal characteristics & the second tool was:- the 5-D itch scale for assessing severity of pruritus among elderly patients. Results: Half of the studied elderly patients were females, the majority of the studied sample had unsatisfactory knowledge, pre-implementation of nursing guidelines. After applying the nursing guidelines, there were statistically significant higher level of knowledge score & the total score of 5 D itching scale in the experimental group as compared to the control groups. Conclusion: Nursing guidelines have significant positive impact on improving patient's knowledge and reducing severity of chronic pruritus among elderly patients. Recommendations: Elderly patients have to be educated about pruritus, risk factors and methods of prevention.