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Background: Nursing students need to be aware of the optimal use of the Internet because they spend a lot of time conducting scientific research that complements the academic curriculum, but when a nursing student becomes unable to control the use of the Internet, this leads to internet addiction and this will affect their physical, psychological and social health. Aim: This study was to assess internet addiction and its relationship with the nursing student"s health profile. Design: a descriptive correlative study design was used to achieve the aim of this study. Setting: The study was conducted at the Technical Institute of Nursing, Fayoum University. The sample: A simple random sample (322) nursing students Out of 754 Nursing students. Tools of data collection: The study included three tools first tool: a selfadministered questionnaire to assess the socio-demographic characteristics of nursing students. Second tool: Young Internet Addiction Scale (IAT) to assess the level of internet addiction; the third tool: The Duke Health Profile. Results: It was found that 8.1% of nursing students were addictive internet users and15.5% of them were at risk. 80.8%, 80.0% of addicts, and at-risk students had poor total the duke health profile, and 78.9% average internet user students had good total manual scoring for the duke health profile. A positive highly statistically significant difference between the level of Internet Addiction and the duke health profile (p <0.001).Conclusion: The current study concluded that a nursing student who is addicted to the Internet negatively affects the physical, psychological, and social health, unlike the student who does not overuse the Internet. Recommendations: The hazards and determinants of Internet technology should be added to the educational curricula and the methods that must be followed to avoid its adverse effects on physical, psychological, and social wellbeing.

Background: Diabetic ketoacidosis is an acute, major, life-threatening complications of diabetes. Nurses' knowledge and practice play important role in provision of supportive care to decrease morbidity and mortality secondary to diabetic ketoacidosis. Patient safety is influenced by many factors, identification of these factors can prevent harm and protect patients from any associated complications. Aim: was to assess the factors affecting the patients safety with diabetic ketoacidosis in intensive care unit. Design: A descriptive exploratory design. Setting: The study conducted in intensive care unit at Fayoum University Medicine Hospitals. Sample: A convenient sample of all available nurses (no=30) and patients with diabetic ketoacidosis admitted to intensive care unit (no=70). Tools of data collection: self-administered questionnaire, nurses' practice observational checklist, patients interviewing questionnaire and patients complications assessment sheet. Results and conclusion: Regarding nurses related factors more than half of the nurses had satisfactory level of knowledge and practice regarding safety nursing management of patients with diabetic ketoacidosis (56.7% and 60%) respectively. Also, (63.3% & 70%) respectively of them had satisfactory level regarding factors affecting patients safety. Regarding general nursing safety measures related factors, (73.3%) of the nurses had satisfactory level regarding infection control measures in intensive care unit and (50%) of them had unsatisfactory level regarding medications administration measures. In relation to organizational related factors (73.3%) of the nurses had satisfactory level regarding sufficient staffing and (33.3%) of them had unsatisfactory level regarding hospital facilities and equipment. Regarding patients related factors (61.4%) of them had unsatisfactory level of knowledge regarding diabetic ketoacidosis safety management and (7.1%) of them had diabetic ketoacidosis associated complications. Recommendations: Importance of in-service training courses to enhance the nurses knowledge and practice regarding patients safety with diabetic ketoacidosis in intensive care unit to decrease morbidity and mortality rate.