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Background: Yakson's is a Korean therapeutic touch given to neonates and infants in which one hand caresses their tummy while the other rests on their back to reduce pain and quiet them down. It could significantly decrease the level of stress hormones and increase sleep efficiency during and after the intervention which improve preterm neonate's health and relaxation. Objective: was to investigate the effect of Yakson's therapeutic touch on vital signs, growth measurements and behavioral state of preterm neonates.

Background: Pediatric nurses spend a considerable time on IV cannulation procedures for children. It often requires the involvement of experienced nurses to perform this procedure Purpose: To examine the effect of Valsalva Maneuver application versus Virtual Reality use on children's pain intensity during peripheral cannulation. Design: A quasi-experimental research design was used. Setting: The study was conducted at the

The COVID-19 pandemic has considerably imposed extensive effects on all sectors worldwide, especially nursing education. So, the online learning has become an accessible solution to complete either the academic or other training courses. Investigate the effect of implementing telenursing in promoting pediatric nurses’ knowledge regarding covid 19 and delta variant pandemic. A quasi-experimental pretest-posttest study design was used to accomplish the study. Eighty nurses from four pediatric hospitals were involved. A digital questionnaire regarding pediatric nurses’ knowledge about COVID-19 and the delta variant pandemic was developed and used to test nurses’ knowledge. A pretest using the digital questionnaire was done for all nurses before conducting the online educational sessions. Three online educational sessions were conducted using the Zoom platform. Two posttests using the digital questionnaire were done immediately after finishing the three educational sessions and one month later. Most nurses failed to select the correct answer in the pretest, and only 2.5% of them got a good score. In contrast, nearly 75% of nurses choose the correct answer and get excellent scores immediately after the educational sessions.

Introduction: Pediatric nurses may stumble upon more than one complaint because of bullying in their workplaces. Workplace bullying of pediatric nurses leads to direct negative impact on their relationship with the children under care and their parents. Aim: To find out the relationship between workplace bullying against nurses and their bullying behaviors towards children. Design: A descriptive correlational research design was used. Settings: Six Pediatric Medical Units of Alexandria University Child's Hospital (AUCH) -at Elshatby, Alexandria, Egypt. Subjects: All staff nurses (120) who worked with children in the previously mentioned settings. Tools: Three tools were used, Tool I: Nurses' Characteristics Structured Interview Schedule, Tool II: Workplace Bullying Scale, and Tool III: Nurses' Bullying Behaviors towards Children Observational Checklist. Method: Every nurse was interviewed individually to collect data about nurses' characteristics. The Arabic translated Workplace Bullying Scale was disseminated to every studied nurse individually and it was filled down by the self-report method. Every studied nurse was observed individually for three times in three different shifts to assess his/her bullying behaviors towards children using Nurses' Bullying Behaviors towards Children Observational Checklist. Results: The total score of Workplace Bullying Scale showed that 65.8% of participating nurses had been bullied during their work hours. Nurses' bullying towards children was scored as 14.2%, 33.1%, 32.5% for the physical, verbal, and social behaviors respectively. There was a weak positive correlation between the total score of workplace bullying against nurses and their total score of bullying behaviors towards children with χ2 = 4.003, P= 0.04 and r=0.1. Conclusions: There was a significant positive correlation between workplace bullying against nurses and their bullying behaviors towards children. The strongest correlation was between workplace bullying and verbal bullying behaviors. The most common verbal bullying behaviors against children were name-calling and intimidation.