Background: Schizophrenia is a serious mental disorders characterized by sever cognitive impairments that affect patient's ability to cope with stress and therefore, lower resilience and life satisfaction. Aim of the study: Was to investigate the relation between resilience and life satisfaction among schizophrenic patients. Research design: A descriptive correlational design was used in this study. Setting: This study was conducted at Psychiatric and Mental Health Hospital in Benha City, Qalubia Governorate. Sample: A purposive sample consisted of 100 schizophrenic patients from the previous study setting. Tools: Three tools were used for data collection. Tool 1structured interview questionnaire was used to collect data about socio demographic and clinical characteristics of the studied sample. Tool (2):-The Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) to assess reference values for resilience in clinical samples. Tool (3):-Satisfaction with Life Scale was used to measure life satisfaction among the studied sample. Results: More than three quarters of the studied patients had low level of total resilience and the majority of the studied patients had low level of total life satisfaction and there was a highly statistically significant positive correlation between total resilience and total life satisfaction. Conclusion: In ability of schizophrenic patients to deal with stressors are prone to have low resilience that in turn lowers patient's life satisfaction. Recommendations: Psycho-educational training program should be developed to improve resilience and life satisfaction among schizophrenic patients.

Background: Parents whose infants had died are in need for especial care and support, these needs are difficult and stressful. This study was aimed to evaluate knowledge and attitude of maternity nurses regarding perinatal bereavement care.Method: A convenience sample including 50 maternity nurses were participated in the current study. Design: A descriptive study design was utilized to conduct the current study. Tools: Two tools were used for data collection, an interview schedule and attitude likerate scale. Results:The current study findings revealed that, nurses had inadequate level of knowledge, positive and highly positive attitude regarding perinatal bereavement care were presented in (26%, & 64%) of nurses respectively. Nurses reside in rural areas, had personal grieving experiences and those had past experience in handling grieving parents had a highly positive attitude toward perinatal bereavement care. Conclusion:This study finding showed that, bereavement counseling education and preceptorship supervision are recommended to reduce this stressful experience, increase the confidence and expertise of nurses, and lead to increased quality of care for bereaved parents.

Background: In particular, psychiatric nurses need continuous training and should be seen as a priority as they tend to have the most contact with patients, especially when they are at their worst. Aim of this study: Examine the impact of educational program for psychiatric nurses on the use of successful practice strategies toward patient with psychotic disorders. Research design: quasiexperimental research design with pre-post assessment. Setting: This study was conducted at the Benha Governmental Hospital for Mental Health in Benha City, Qalubia Governorate. Subjects: 60 nurses from the hospital's inpatient department. Tools of data collection: Nurses characteristics data form and nurses self-reported practice questionnaire regarding management of patients with psychotic disorders. Results: There was significant differences between pre and post-program phases in total nurses' performance mean score , it showed statistically significant decreases in the mean score of communicating own perception from 14.2±3.5 to 5.0±1.7 (p<0.001), and increases in the mean score of changing patient view from 7.7±2.3 to 16.5±4.1 (p<0.001) and no significant changes in the mean scores of confirming patient view (p=0.97), or using resources (p=0.91). At post-program, confirming patient view mean score were significantly lower among younger age nurses, with bachelor qualifications, and less experience years in nursing and psychiatric nursing (p<0.001), while at the pre-program, the changing of patient view and using resources mean score were significantly higher among younger age nurses with bachelor qualifications, and less experience years in nursing and psychiatric nursing at post program. Additionally, there was no significant relation between nurses' demographic characteristics and their mean score of communicating own view while, post-program, the mean score was higher in diploma nurses compared to bachelor degree ones. Conclusion: The educational program led to significant improvement of the studied psychiatric nurses' total practice mean scores which showed significant decrease in mean score of communicating own perception and increase in mean score of changing patient view. Their total practice mean score regarding confirming and changing patient view were influenced by nurses age, qualifications, experience years in nursing and psychiatric nursing. Recommendations: The heads of psychiatric departments must subject nurses to educational programs, while nurses need to continually upgrade and update their skills by reading and attending seminars and workshops specializing in this field.

Background: Advocacy is taking action to help people say what they want, secure their rights, represent their interests and obtain services they need. Advocates and advocacy schemes work in partnership with the people they support and take their side. Aim: The study aimed to evaluate the effect of psycho-educational program for nurses about psychiatric patient's advocacy. Design: A quasi-experimental design was used to achieve the aim of the study. Setting: This study was conducted at the department in Benha psychiatric hospital in Benha City, Qalubia Governorate, which is affiliated to General Secretariat. Subjects: A purposive sample of 60 nurses were working in Benha psychiatric hospital. Tools of data collection: I) Interviewing sheet consisted of two parts (a) Socio-demographic sheet for personal characteristics and (b) questionnaire sheet about nurses' knowledge toward psychiatric patient's rights and advocacy and II) Observation checklist to measure nurses' experience toward psychiatric patient's advocacy. Results: There was a highly statistically significant improvement in total score of nurses' knowledge and experience toward psychiatric patient's advocacy between pre and post implementation of the program. Conclusion: Psycho-educational program had a positive effect on nurses' knowledge and experience about psychiatric patient's advocacy. Recommendations: Teaching of advocacy skills in the hospitals and institutions in which an in-service training programs for mental health nurses on knowledge about nurse's advocacy of the psychiatric patient occurs and the nurse's position as an advocate for the rights of psychiatric patients should be emphasized in the curriculum.

Background: Urinary incontinence is a highly prevalent health problem among elderly people with a relevant impact on physical and psychological aspects of life with consequent effect on the quality of life. Aim: Study aimed to assess the impact of urinary incontinence on psychological well-being and quality of life among elderly people. Research design: A descriptive design was utilized to fulfill the aim of this study. Setting: The study was conducted in Urological outpatient clinic at Benha University Hospital at Benha City, Kaluobia Governorate. Sample: The sample of the study was purposive sample of (100) elderly people who are attending at the above mentioned settings. Tools: Tool (I):-A structured interviewing questionnaire sheet which comprised of two parts: part (1) socio-demographic characteristics & part (2) clinical characteristics of the studied sample. Tool (II): Goldberg's psychological well-being scale, and Tool (III) Incontinence related quality of life scale. Results: Findings showed that nearly two thirds of the studied sample had low level of psychological well-being while, more than two thirds of them had low level of quality of life and also, there was a highly statistically significant positive correlation between total Goldberg's psychological well-being Scale and total Incontinence-related quality of life scale. Conclusion: Based on the result of this study it was concluded that urinary incontinence is a chronic disease that has a negative impact on psychological well-being of elderly people which subsequently impacts negatively on their quality of life in the form of performing activities of daily living and enjoying their normal life. Recommendation: The study recommended that recurrent assessment for psychological status and all quality of life domains for elderly people should be a part of the routine nursing care.