Background: Febrile seizures are benign neurological disorders in children under the age of five and often make parents distressed and frightened leading to a relevant reduction in the quality of care. Aim: This study aimed to examine the effect of bite-sized teaching sessions on parents' knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding febrile seizures in children under five. Setting: The study was carried out over a period of six months from May to October 2021 in the Pediatric department at Governmental hospital, El Menoufia Governorate, Egypt. The study adopts a quasi-experimental research design to perform this study on 80 parents of children with febrile seizures from the age of 6 months to 5 years old and selected by convenience sampling technique. Two tools were used for gathering data. First tool: A structured interviewing questionnaire sheet. The second tool: An observational checklist to evaluate the parents' practice for first-aid management of febrile convulsion. Results: Findings of the current study indicate statistically significant differences between pre and post-tests regarding parents' knowledge and care practices for children with febrile convulsion at 5% and 1% levels of statistical significance. Conclusion: There was a marked improvement in parents' knowledge, attitude, and practice post-implementation of the bitesized teaching program. Recommendation: Continuous bite-sized teaching sessions should be scheduled regularly for parents in the Pediatric Units to reinforce the quality of care and improve children's outcomes.

The smoking intervention program was conducted for 27 students in the study group and also controlled by another 27 students aged 14-18 years in male secondary schools. This study aimed to develop a smoking intervention program for male secondary school students. The study sample was systematic random sample technique. Students in the study group were divided into 5 groups each group consisted of 6 students.The program conducted in two days per week for three weeks in 12 hours, 8 hours theory and 4 hours practice or each group. The pre and post-test design to evaluate the program. The results found that the minority of the study group and the control group drink alcohol and take illicit drugs. The majority of the study and the control group were moderately dependent on nicotine before the program. An equal percent of both the study and the control group more than half had unsatisfactory knowledge about smoking before the program while all of the study had a good knowledge immediate the implementation of the program and top of them had a good knowledge after 3 months from the program. In the other hand the majority of the control group still had unsatisfactory knowledge about smoking immediate and after 3 months from the program. Only the minority from the study succeeds to quit. Thence the study recommended that educational program about how to deal with smokers and non-smokers' students should be performed for the parents, school nurse and teachers.

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Background:The smoking intervention program was conducted for 27 students in the study group and also controlled by another 27 students aged 14-18 years in male secondary schools. This study aimed to develop a smoking intervention program for male secondary school students. The study sample was systematic random sample technique. Students in the study group were divided into 5 groups each group consisted of 6 students. The program conducted in two days per week for three weeks in 12 hours, 8 hours theory and 4 hours practice or each group. The pre and post-test design to evaluate the program. The results found that the minority of the study group and the control group (3.7%) drink alcohol and take illicit drugs. 74.1% of the study group and 96.3% of the control group were moderately dependent on nicotine before the program. An equal percent of both the study and the control group (92.6%) had unsatisfactory knowledge about smoking before the program while all of the study had a good knowledge immediate the implementation of the program and 96.3% of them had a good knowledge after 3 months from the program. In the other hand the majority of the control group still had unsatisfactory knowledge about smoking immediate and after 3 months from the program. Only 7.7 % from the study succeeds to quit. Thence the study recommended that educational program about how to deal with smokers and non-smokers' students should be performed for the parents, school nurse and teachers.

Background: Mechanical ventilation is one of the most devices that are indispensable to use in Pediatric Intensive Care Units. However, all over the world many children are dying in Pediatric Intensive Care Units. Mechanical ventilation is help and supports management in the Intensive Care Unit, but it may cause a lot of threats and complications. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of a design nursing instruction on mechanically ventilated children in pediatric intensive care units. Methods: Research design: A quasi-experimental design was utilized to conduct this study. Settings: The study was convoyed at Pediatric Intensive Care Units at