Background: A number of malignant and nonmalignant medical problems, frequently in severely ill patients, demand for the advanced therapeutic technique known as a bone marrow transplant. To offer patients with high-quality care following bone marrow transplants, the nurses required knowledge and practice. Aim: This study aimed to determine the effect of social media-assisted inservices training instructional guidelines on nurses' performance regarding bone marrow transplant recipients. Research design: A quasi-experimental design was utilized to achieve the aim of this study. Setting: The study was conducted at an outpatient clinic Oncology Institute affiliated with Sohag City, Egypt. Subject: A convenient sample of (50) nurses were included. Tools: a structured interview Questionnaire tool that included four parts. Part I: Personal data, part II: Nurses' knowledge, and part III: Nurses' reported practices (pre and post). Results: This study found those nurses' reported practices, attitudes, and knowledge had all improved statistically respectively pre and post-social media-assisted in-services training instructional guidelines. Conclusion: The current study concluded that social media-assisted in-service training instructional guidelines regarding bone marrow transplant recipients have a positive effect on improving nurses' knowledge and reported practices. Recommendation: Provide continuous in-service training instructional guidelines regarding bone marrow transplant recipients to nurses in different healthcare settings.

Background: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is one of the major health problems affecting children morbidity and mortality. Quality of life (QOL) has become a field of extensive research involving children, so the use of mobile based education for those children is very important to improve their health and QOL. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of mobile based health -education on the quality of life among children with chronic kidney diseases during COVID-19 Pandemic. Design: A quasi-experimental design (pre/post-test) was utilized. Sample: A purposive sample of 50 children suffering from chronic kidney diseases was selected. Setting: The study was conducted in the Pediatric Nephrology and Dialysis Unit and Outpatient clinic of pediatric nephrology at Mansoura University Hospital. Tools: Tool (I) Interviewing questionnaire which included two parts (1) demographic characteristics of children with chronic kidney diseases (2) children' knowledge questionnaire regarding chronic kidney diseases, and Tool (II) The Arabic Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) is used to assess the children's quality of life (PedsQL) 4.0 Generic Core Scales (GCS). Results: The present study revealed that the mean age of children is 10.9 ± 2.1 years, there was a highly statistically significant difference in improvement in children's knowledge after using mobile based health education intervention in all tested areas. There was a statistically significant difference in the children's quality of life domain, knowledge regarding chronic kidney diseases post-intervention compared to pre-intervention. There is a statistical significance relation concerning levels of quality of life, and the demographic data of children with CKD p<0.05. Conclusion: Mobile based health education had a positive effect on improving the quality of life of children with CKD. Recommendations: Mobile based health education can be integrated to home care and follow up for children with CKD at the health care settings.

Background: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is considered common childhood neurodevelopmental disorder that has been increased in number among children in the last several years, it causes psychosocial functioning difficulties and leading to feelings of inferiority. Aim: To evaluate the effect of social empowerment training and responsibilities (STAR) nursing intervention on children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Subjects and method: Design: A quasiexperimental research design was used. Setting: The study was conducted at two primary schools in Sohag City. Subjects: A purposive cluster random sample of 50 children with ADHD who were selected and equally divided into study & control groups, ( 25) children in each one, were recruited using multi-stage random sample technique. Tools were used to collect data included: (I) a child's demographic datasheet, (II): Think about It! Quiz. Results: the study revealed as athletic competence that more than three-quarters of the study group and in the control group did not do very well at all kinds of sports, regarding conduct/morality majority of them in the groups were did not behave very well most of the time. As regards peer acceptance, majority of children were not having a lot of children. Concerning physical appearance, majority of children in the study and control group children respectively with their physical appearance is different. In addition, more than half of the study and control group children do very well in their classwork concerning scholastic competence. There was an improvement in self-concept post-social empowerment training and responsibilities program implementation. Conclusion: The results of the current study concluded that social empowerment training and responsibilities programs affect children with ADHD positively and improve their self-concept. Recommendations: Future researches are required to develop and refine interventions through applying social empowerment training and responsibilities nursing intervention for children with ADHD to improve their self-concept.

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