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As a response to COVID-19 pandemic, a growing number of universities across the world have either postponed or canceled all its activities and use distance learning to mitigate loss of learning. The aim of the study was to determine the effect ofCOVID-19 pandemic on the competencies of academic staff of nursing faculties regarding the use of online applications in teaching and learning tasks. Study design: Web-based descriptive study design. Settings: Six faculties of nursing affiliated to six Egyptian governmental Universities were chosen randomly. Subjects: A convenience sample of 457 nursing academic staff working at the previous mentioned settings. Study tool: A structured web-based questionnaire schedule that consisted of three parts. part I: Nursing academic staff" personal data. Part II: Past experience of academic staff regarding their use of online applications for teaching and learning. Part III: Competencies of the academic nursing staff regarding their use of online applications for teaching and learning. Results: before COVID-19 pandemic, only less than two fifths of the studied subjects used the online applications for teaching/learning process. After the pandemic, more than half of them attended committees, workshops or councils via online applications. More than half of the studied staff had low level of competencies in using online applications, and all staff reported their need for more training. Conclusion &recommendations: the highest percentage of academic nursing staff had low competency in dealing with online applications for teaching or learning. So, it was recommended that, universities must ensure supporting instructors in transitioning to online teaching via professional development or training.

Eating disorders are a major public health issue faced by female university students. Anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating often have a variety of irreversible and life threatening medical complications. Despite disordered eating attitudes and body image dissatisfaction are common among female college students, mindful eating makes a conscious food choices and eating healthfully. The aim of the study was to: Assess eating disorders among university female students and its relation to their body attitude and mindful eating behaviors. Study design: Correctional descriptive design. Settings: This study was conducted at two faculties affiliated to Tanta University that were chosen randomly. Subjects: A multistage randomized sample of 627 female students at the previous mentioned settings. Study tool: A structured questionnaire schedule was used to collect the necessary data. It consisted of four parts: Socio-demographic characteristics of the study subjects, eating disorders scale (EDDS), body attitude test (BAT) and mindful eating questionnaire. Results: Nearly one quarter of the studied subjects had eating disorders while 30.9% of them were at risk of developing eating disorders. Binge eating disorder was the most frequent among the studied subjects, followed by bulimia nervosa while anorexia nervosa was of the least frequency. About one third of the study subjects had negative attitude toward their body, and 61.4% of them reported moderate level of mindfulness of eating behavior. Positive correlation was observed between eating disorders and negative body attitude, while negative correlation was found between eating disorders and mindfulness of eating behaviors of the study subjects. Conclusion ,recommendations: Female students who had poor mindful eating and negative body attitude are more prone to eating disorders. So, community mental health nurse should implement educational programs to modify unhealthy eating habits and correct body image distortion in female university students

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