Background: Nurses have a variety of roles and functions associated with the patients' care undergoing cardiac catheterization. Nurses provide care of a patient before, during, and after cardiac catheterization procedure. Aim: This study aimed to assess nurses' performance regarding care of patients undergoing cardiac catheterization. Subjects and Method: A descriptive research design was conducted. Setting: At cardiac catheterization unit at Port Said general hospital in Port-Said City and Al-Azhar university hospital in new Damietta city. Sample: A convenient sample of all available nurses (50) worked at previous mentioned settings. Tools: Three tools were used. Tool (I) Nurses' Knowledge Questionnaire. Tool (II) Observational Checklist. Tool (III) Nurses' Attitude Scale. Results:The result of present study indicated that more than half of studied nurses had satisfactory level of knowledge and practice respectively (52%, 62%) while, most of them (68%) had positive level of attitude regarding care of patients undergoing cardiac catheterization. Conclusion: More than half of studied nurses had satisfactory knowledge and practice while most of them had positive attitude regarding care of patients undergoing cardiac catheterization. In addition, there were no statistically significant correlation between total nurses' knowledge, practice and attitude scores.Recommendations: There are obvious needs for conducted an educational and training programs to improve nurses knowledge, practice and attitude regarding care of patients undergoing cardiac catheterization.

Background: Amputation brings a drastic change in a person"s life. This change has an effect on health needs of the individual due to the physical activities limitations. It also affects the individual's psychosocial and economic states. Aim: Assess health needs of patients with lower limb amputation in postoperative period Subjects and Method: Design a descriptive research design was used. Setting: The study was conducted in vascular, surgical and the isolation department for patients with diabetic foot in Mansoura university hospital and surgical ward in Al Salam Hospital in Port Said city. Subjects: purposive sample used in this study. Lower limp amputation patients 100 participated in the study Tools: Data were collected using two tools, patients' knowledge questionnaire and health needs questionnaire of lower limp amputation patients. Results: Results revealed that 67% studied patients had unsatisfied knowledge regarding wound care after discharge, 81% had unsatisfied knowledge regarding exercises and assistive devices used during movement. Patients had unsatisfied total measures regarding decrease pain and prevent muscle contracture (87%, 73%) respectively. Most need reported by patient"s physical, psychological and social (83%, 80%, 85) respectively. Conclusion: The current study concluded that patients need knowledge regarding wound care after discharge and exercises, assistive devices used during movement and most of the study patients need support including: physical, psychological, and social needs. Recommendation: Continuous educational programs to improve patients' knowledge, measures and assess needs regarding to care for patients with lower limb amputation.

Background: Cerebrovascular stroke (CVS) had poor quality of life (QOL). Quality of Life (QoL) assessment was an important part of the evaluation of stroke patients. Aim: assess quality of life for patients with cerebrovascular stroke Method: a descriptive research design was utilized. Setting: study was conducted in the inpatient Neurology department and outpatient clinical at, El-Azhar university hospital and Port Said general hospital. Subjects: A convenient sample of 150 adult patients with cerebrovascular stroke admitted to above mentioned settings were participating in the study.Tool: data were collected using two tools,tool one: A Stroke-Specific Quality of Life Scale,and tool two structured interviews: it includes two parts. Part one socio-demographic characteristics and part two medical histories. The results: about three quarters of the studied patients had a low total quality of life, there were statistically significant relation between patients' socio-demographic characteristics and their total quality of life. Conclusion: Most of studied patients had low quality of life. Recommendations: There is a clear need for periodic training sessions and assessments to improve the quality of life of patients suffering from stroke.

Background: Tuberculosis (TB) has been ranked to be one of the top ten causes of global mortality worldwide. The concept of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) might be of a multi-dimensional nature, it includes psychological, physical and social aspects. The effectiveness of medical interventions is influenced by adherence. Aim: This study aims to assess the correlation between health related quality of life (HRQOL) and medication adherence for Patients with pulmonary tuberculosis. Subjects and Method: A design based on descriptive correlational research was utilized. Convenient sample of pulmonary tuberculosis patients (56) at Almasaha Albahary at Port Said City and Chest Hospital at Damietta City. Three structured interviews were utilized to gather the required data. Data collection tools: Tool I: structured interviewing questionnaire, Tool II: Health Related Quality of life for patients with chronic illness, Tool III: Morisky Medication Adherence Scale (MMAS-8). Results: this study showed that 67.9% of the subjects were high psychological domain of health related quality of life and moreover, 75% of them were highly adhered to medications. Conclusion: it can conclude that three fifth of the studied patients had high QOL and three quarters of the patients had high adherence to medication. This study showed that there was statistically positive correlation between HRQOL domains (Physical, psychological, social) of HRQOL and drug adherence. Recommendation: the study recommended the event of program for patients with TB to enhance the patients' knowledge, care management and modify their wrong beliefs associated with TB.

Background: Effective postoperative discomfort management is an essential component to good quality of care, nursing a patient in discomfort is a challenging task requiring upto-date knowledge, skilled interventions and attitudes that convey trust. Aim: Assess nurses' performance regarding postoperative discomfort among patients undergoing abdominal wall hernia repair. Subjects and Method: a descriptive research design was used. Setting: The study was conducted at the surgical in port said city (El-Zohoor Hospital and Port Said General Hospital)and Damietta. Subjects: A 6o convenient nurses participated in the study Tools: data were collected using three tools, Nurses' Knowledge questionnaire, observational check list for nurses' practice and Nurses' attitude toward postoperative discomfort. Results: the result of study indicated that71.7% of the studied nurses had unsatisfactory knowledge, 83.3 % had satisfactory practice, 66.7% of them had negative attitude Conclusion: most of the studied nurses had unsatisfactory knowledge while majority of them had satisfactory practice and more than two third of studied nurses had negative attitude. Recommendations: there are obvious needs for conducted an in service educational and training programs to improve nurse's knowledge, practice and nurses' attitude regarding postoperative discomfort among patients undergoing abdominal wall hernia repair.