Nursing activities and caring should be superior in spinal cord injury rehabilitation, in order to teach care to the family and the patient, nurses should have enhanced knowledge and skills about spinal cord injury and prevention of complications. The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of a training program for nurses on rehabilitation of clients with spinal cord injuries. Design: A quasi-experimental study design. Setting: The study was conducted at the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Rheumatology Center. Sample: A purposive sample, it targeted all rehabilitation nurses in the studied center, with total number was 100 nurses. Tools: Data were collected by using two tools: I-a structural Questionnaire to collect data about demographic characteristics of the studied nurses, II-knowledge regarding Rehabilitation nursing, Spinal cord injuries, Dysreflexia and pressure ulcer. The second tool was an observational Checklist: to assess nurses' performance. Results: The study findings indicated that; Near two thirds of the studied nurses had a total score satisfactory knowledge regard rehabilitation nursing, increased to 100% after training, the differences observed were statistically significant, meanwhile less than half of nurse's had total satisfactory performance of selected rehabilitation nursing skills pre training was raised to 92% after training the differences observed were statistically significant. Conclusion: the study concluded that, training of rehabilitation nurses positively affected their knowledge and performance for caring of patients with statistically significances. Recommendations: The study recommended that, planning of continuous and efficient training programs for nurses on rehabilitation nursing skills. Further researches to be carried out to study other approaches to promote rehabilitation nurses care of spinal cord injuries patients such as; sexuality counseling, pain management and muscular exercises.

Background: Fever is a common medical problem among children that always prompts mothers to seek medical care. Aim: To evaluate the effect of educational protocol for improving mothers' practices on the types of fever in Zagazig City. Design: A quasi-experimental research design [pretest-posttest] was used. Setting: At Chiba MCH center, in Zagzig City. Sample: A purposive sample consisted of 96 mothers were chosen according to inclusion criteria. Tools: Three tools were used; Interview Questionnaire sheet, the mothers' knowledge of fever, and mothers' practice in management of their febrile child. Results: Showed that about 33.33% of the mothers aged between 35 and 40 years, about 72.91% of them were married, nearly 64.58% of them had work. Also, about 63.54% of them reported that they were from rural areas. Also, there were statistically significant totally improvements in the mothers' knowledge and practices regarding the focused problem at (p<0.001) in the post-protocol phase. There were highly statistically significant positive correlation between mothers' total knowledge and practices pre and post-protocol (r =0.802, and 0.617) respectively. Conclusion: The applying of educational protocol among mothers was effective in enhancing their knowledge, and practices regarding types of fever and their management. Recommendation: Further educational protocols in the pediatric clinics or via mass media for mothers about fever should be implemented.

The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of occupational health program for nurses on reducing musculoskeletal injuries-to evaluate the effect of occupational health program on nurse's knowledge and performance of body mechanics. Abstract: nurses require application of the body mechanics principle to avoid physical harm decreases the risk of damage to the body, fatigue, and increase practice satisfaction Design: A quasi-experimental study design. Setting: The present study was carried out in the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Center affiliated to the Military Army force, in Al Helmia district, in Cairo governorate. Sample: all nurses in the Rehabilitation Center with total number of 30 nurses. Tools: two tools were used for data collected: First tool: Questionnaire Sheet: to collect data about Socio-demographic characteristics of the studied nurses-To assess nurse's knowledge Pre-post program implementation regarding Body Mechanics principles and musculoskeletal health hazards. To assess nurse's pre-post musculoskeletal pain. Second tool Observational Checklist: to assess nurses' performance of Body mechanics pre-post program. Results: The findings of the study clarified that, Nurses' performance of Body Mechanics improved after application of the program about proper body mechanics in the performance of standing and setting with statistical significance and improved in lifting technique with no statistical significance. Conclusion: The findings of this study provide that, some of the nurses did not performed techniques of body mechanics correctly. Nurses' body mechanics improved after application of occupational health program about proper body mechanics. There is a no statistical relation between nurse's knowledge and performance of body mechanics. There is an improvement in nurse's musculoskeletal compliance regarding pain after program implementation with no statistical significance. Recommendations: It is suggested that: 1-Creation of continuous, planned and efficient in-service occupational health programs for nurses on body mechanics. 2-Enough supply the health facilities of patient-lifting devices which have been shown to be effective in decreasing costs and workdays lost to back injuries and pain among nurses.