Background: Competency standards for nurses who specialize in the care of burn-injured patients are lacking. Currently, there are no nationally agreed on standards that define safe and competent burn nursing practice. In 2014, nurse members of the American Burn Associationproposed the Burn Nurse Competency Initiative (BNCI) with the intent of establishing a core set of competency standards for burn nursing. Aim; this study aimed to Assess Competency Levels of staff nurses providing care for burned patients. Subject and method; A descriptive Correlational research design was used in conducting this study ;The study sample is aconvenient sample and this study was conducted at two different settings , the first setting is Ahmed Orabi Hospital for burn and tumor and the other setting is Burn Unit in El-Demerdash hospital at Ain Shams University.The subjects of the study included 61 staff nurses, 33 Staff nurses working at Ahmed Orabi hospital and 28 Staff nurses working at Burn unit in El-Demerdash hospital at Ain Shams University. Two types of tools were used to collect data, one Questionnaire sheet namely nurses knowledge core competencies Questionnaire, the other Observational checklist Results; the majority of staff nurses had low competency level of knowledge about burn and core competencies regarding (infection control , hazards materials safety , medication administration) at both hospitals. Conclusion; the study findings showed a statistically significant correlation between Total Core competencies of Nurses' knowledge and skills. Recommendation; Nursing administration should develop effective training program related to Infection control, medication administration and hazards materials safety.

Contents: Soft skills are socio-emotional skills, essential for personal development and workplace success. While civility is defined as having respect for others, and it is necessary to bring attention to the importance of soft skills and civility and discuss its impact on teaching, learning, and patient outcomes. Aim: This study aimed to assess the effect of soft skills training strategies on nurse interns' civil behavior. Methods: The study was conducted at Ain-Shams University Hospitals, where nurse interns have their training, namely; Ain-Shams University Hospital, El-Demerdash hospital, Pediatrics Hospital, and Cardiovascular Hospital using quasi-experimental one-group pretest-posttest design. The subjects of this study included all available nurse interns having their training in the settings mentioned above during the data collection period (the academic year 2017-2018). The study sample was 90 nurse interns, 35 males, and 55 females. The data were collected by using two tools, namely soft skills elements questionnaire and workplace civility index. Results: The study revealed a highly statistically significant improvement in nurse interns' total knowledge in the post and follow up phases p<0.01 as compared to the pre-intervention phase. Also, there was a highly statistically significant improvement in nurse interns' soft skills in the post and followed up phases p<0.01 as compared to the pre-intervention phase. In addition to a highly statistically significant improvement in nurse interns' civil behavior in the post and follows up phases p<0.01 as compared to the pre-intervention phase. Conclusion: Implementing a soft skills training strategy for nurse interns is effective to improve their civil behavior. Based on the study findings, it was recommended that soft skills training strategy should be applied in all nursing curricula. The faculty of nursing should be supplied with all the learning resources needed in the educational system to support the students’ soft skills development, and further studies should be developed to handle the barriers of implementation of soft skills training strategy in nursing education.

Background There is scarcity of representative data on the health and service needs of asylum seekers in Europe due to numerous practical and methodological challenges in planning and implementation of studies among this population group. Yet such data is acutely needed for development of health system response to meet the needs of asylum seekers. The aim of this study was to examine barriers and facilitators for conducting a population-based study among asylum seekers in Finland. Methods Semi-structured face-to-face individual interviews (n = 7) were carried out with the fieldwork personnel of the Asylum Seekers Health and Well-being Survey (TERTTU). Interviews contained four themes of which two will be presented in this abstract: the recruitment of the survey participants and carrying out the interviews and health examinations of the survey. Interviews of the fieldwork personnel were recorded and transcribed in verbatim. Data were analysed qualitatively using thematic analysis. Results Recruitment was substantially easier in reception centers than in private accommodations. Face-to-face and written information in participant's own language reduced misunderstandings and confidentiality concerns. Certain characteristics of the fieldwork personnel (mature age, female sex, and common cultural background) were facilitators for both recruitment and carrying out the survey appointments. Family and community members' perceptions influenced participation. Reception center personnel's attitudes influenced logistics of the recruitment process and the conduct of the survey. Incentives for participation were perceived both as facilitators and barriers. Conclusions It is feasible to obtain a high response rate among asylum seekers through investing in planning and dissemination of information about the study. Findings of this study can be benefited by other countries planning a survey among asylum seekers. Key messages Challenges in data collection among asylum seekers can be solved with careful planning and flexible fieldwork protocols. Sharing good practices about data collection among asylum seekers on a European level will inform researchers intending to conduct health surveys among asylum seekers and other forced migrants.

Background: Organizations require agile leaders to put agility`s ideas and practices, health leaders especially need to be agile. The head nurses` daily lives are filled with creativity and innovation. The current study aimed to evaluate agile leadership training program for head nurses and its effect on their innovative behavior at Benha University Hospitals. Design: A quasi experimental design was used. Setting: This study was conducted in (31 units) at Benha University Hospitals, which were composed of bed capacity (880). Subjects: A convenient sample (n =45) of all the available head nurses who were having at least one year of experience at the time of study. Tools: Were used four of data collection tools three of them namely; agile leadership knowledge, attitude, and skills questionnaires and innovative behavior scale. Results: Majority of head nurses had satisfactory knowledge level and a positive attitude during post and follow up program phases. Three quadrants of head nurses had high level of skills during immediately post and follow up program phases. Meanwhile, more than half of head nurses had high level of innovative behavior at post and follow up program phases. Conclusion: There was highly statistically significant weak positive correlation between attitude of head nurse and their assistant regarding agile leadership and their Innovative behavior. Recommendations: Give enough time and space to bring out their innovation and implement it. Participate in daily meetings and decision making.

Background: quality of working life as the greater context for various factors in the workplace, such as job satisfaction and citizenship behavior, may offer opportunity for more cost-effective interventions in the workplace. Aim: This study aimed to identifying the relationship between quality of work life and organizational citizenship behavior among staff nurses. Research design: A descriptive correlational design was used to carry out this study. Setting: The study was conducted at Bahteem Central Hospital. Subjects: A convenience sampling technique of all available (90) staff nurses. Tools: Data were collected by using Quality of nursing work life questionnaire and organizational citizenship behavior scale.Results: the study result demonstrated that, two third (66.75) of staff nurses had high perception level toward quality of work life. While one third (33.25%) of staff nurses had low perception level regarding quality of work life. While that slightly less than two third (62%) of staff nurses had high agreement level regarding Organizational citizenship behavior. Conclusion:T here were statistically significant positive correlations between quality of work life and organizational citizenship Behaviors among staff nurses. Recommendations: Provide orientation for newly staff regarding rules, regulations and policies of hospital. Investigating the relationship between workplace deviance behaviors and quality of work life.