Background: Despite all the efforts that have been made to fasten vaccine development many critical care nurses staff were worried and hesitated from the vaccine. Aim of the study: is to assess critical care nurses perception of covid-19 vaccines and its side effects at Upper Egypt. Sample: 2429 critical care nurses from five Upper Egypt Governorates, Minia, Assiut, Sohage, Qena and Aswan. Tools: the study included two tools, Critical Care Nurses' knowledge questionnaire and Critical Care Nurses' attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccine. Result: the included ICU's nurses 88.4% of them were under the age of 29 years, and 57.8 % had a technical institute of nursing. Regarding to the nurses' knowledge it was noticed that 79.5 % of the nurses believed that taking COVID-19 vaccine did not provide protection. But 55.2 % critical care nurses had positive attitude toward COVID-19 vaccines. Regarding to the vaccines side effects, sit pain, swelling fever and redness were the most reported manifestations among nurses. Conclusion: critical care nurses had positive attitude about COVID-19 vaccine but hesitated to be vaccinated because of the fear from its side effect. Recommendations: Future research evaluating the side effects of all types covid -19 vaccines in all Egypt.

Background: Nurses in ICU play a significant role in providing end of life nursing care to patients complained from lifethreatening illnesses and did not response positively to medical treatment by assessing their needs and providing comprehensive nursing care Aim of the study: Evaluate Nurses knowledge, attitudes and practices about end of life care at critical units. Design: Descriptive research design. Methods: (65) ICU nurses included in the study assigned to the medical and general ICUs at

Background: Despite all the efforts that have been made to fasten vaccine development many critical care nurses staff were worried and hesitated from the vaccine. Aim of the study: is to assess critical care nurses perception of covid-19 vaccines and its side effects at Upper Egypt. Sample: 2429 critical care nurses from five Upper Egypt Governorates, Minia, Assiut, Sohage, Qena and Aswan. Tools: the study included two tools, Critical Care Nurses' knowledge questionnaire and Critical Care Nurses' attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccine. Result: the included ICU's nurses 88.4% of them were under the age of 29 years, and 57.8 % had a technical institute of nursing. Regarding to the nurses' knowledge it was noticed that 79.5 % of the nurses believed that taking COVID-19 vaccine did not provide protection. But 55.2 % critical care nurses had positive attitude toward COVID-19 vaccines. Regarding to the vaccines side effects, sit pain, swelling fever and redness were the most reported manifestations among nurses. Conclusion: critical care nurses had positive attitude about COVID-19 vaccine but hesitated to be vaccinated because of the fear from its side effect. Recommendations: Future research evaluating the side effects of all types covid -19 vaccines in all Egypt.