Background: Burns are one of the most serious injuries; which have a great impact on children. The most important goal of burned hand is to regain its function during rehabilitation. Aim: To identify the effect of educational training program on nursesꞌ performance regarding splinting and range of motion exercises among children with hand burn. Design: A quasi-experimental design (Pre & Post Test) was used. Setting: The study was conducted at the burn unit and in the outpatient, physiotherapy and plastic clinics at the Reconstructive Surgery and Burn Hehia Center at Hehia Central Hospital in Hehia city, as well as at Burn unit &outpatient clinic of Al-Ahrar Educational Hospital at Zagazig city. Subject: A convenience sample of 100 nurses and 60 children with hand burn at the previously mentioned settings were included in the study. Tools: Three tools were used to collect data. Tool I: Structured Interview Questionnaire to assess nurses‫ﹶ‬ knowledge about splinting and range of motion Exercises. Tool II: Observational Checklists to assess nurses' practice about splinting and range of motion exercises. Tool III: Children Burn Assessment to assess the burned hand wound. Results: The majority of studied nurses had unsatisfactory level of knowledge and practice regarding range of motion exercises pre training program that reduced to one fourth post program, as well as nearly three quarter of studied nurses had unsatisfactory level of practice related to splinting before intervention that improved after implementation of the program , also there was high positive correlation between total knowledge & practice scores pre & post training program with p value ≤ 0.01. Conclusion: Educational training program regarding splinting and range of motion exercises had a positive effect on nurses' performance. Recommendation: The study recommended that providing educational posters, guidelines, pamphlets, manuals and in service training programs will improve nurses performance about splinting and range of motion exercise for children with hand burn.

Background:The rapid expansion of corona virus (COVID-19) pandemic and inability in most countries to control it in finding out an effective treatment or vaccine to prevent it, resulted in worldwide recourse to committing people to remain at home for a long time, which had many negative effects on individuals in all aspects of health. Aim of the study was to evaluate effects of home confinement during COVID-19 outbreak on the physical, social and psychosocial status of children and adolescents. A descriptive cross sectional design was used in carrying out the present study; the data were collected from a convenient sample of 183 children and adolescents' survey, which distributed electronically. The survey targeted the preparatory, secondary schools and university students send online via Egypt and Saudi Arabia portals. A structured questionnaire that consists of personal characteristics of the studied sample; plus effects of home confinement on physical activity; social and psychological status children and adolescent. The results revealed that studied subjects suffered from negative effects on physical, social and psychological status as result of home confinement. This study concluded that home confinement due to COVID-19 which has negative effect on physical status, social relations and worsening in the psychological behaviors of children and adolescents. Therefore, this study recommended to design educational interventions for children and adolescent to enable them to cope and adjust with emergency health hazards.