Background: Professional accountability (PA) a critical behavior that supports consistency between nursing actions and standards associated with patient care quality and safety. Nurses need to focus on the behaviors that lead to the growth and development of PA. One of these behaviors is emotional quotient (EQ). EQ has been described as an array of emotional, personal, and social abilities and skills that influence one's overall emotional perception. Aim: This research aimed to explore the relationship between perceived nurses' professional accountability and their emotional quotient. Develop a complete structure equation model between professional accountability and their emotional quotient and its related dimension. Design: A descriptive correlational design was utilized in the study. Setting: The study was conducted in medical, surgical, and critical care units at Damanhour National Medical Institute. It is affiliated with General Organization for Teaching Hospitals and Institutions. Tools: Two questionnaires were used in this empirical study, namely,

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Background:The first priority for nurse educators is getting new nursing graduates ready for the workforce so they may do so safely and independently. self-directed learning is essential in nursing academic institutions because it helps students develop their professional aspirations and clinical experience. Self-compassion enhances mental health as a beneficial factor in practice readiness. Objective: To design a structure equation model of practice readiness and self-directed learning: mediating effect of self-compassion. Setting: The study was carried out at the Faculty of Nursing, Damanhour University, Egypt. Subjects: comprised of 314 nursing students selected randomly in the first semester of the academic year 2022-2023. Tools: three tools were used to collect data. Tool I: Readiness for Practice Survey. Tool II: Self Rating Scale of Self-Directed Learning. Tool III: Self-Compassion Scale Short Form (SCS-SF). Results: This study revealed that, there was a highly statistical significance positive correlation between readiness for practice and self-compassion where p = 0.000. Also, there was a highly statistical significant positive correlation between readiness for practice and self-directed learning where p= 0.000. Additionally, it can be seen that there was a highly statistical significant positive correlation between selfcompassion and self-directed learning where p= 0.029. Conclusion: this study explains that Self-Compassion acts as a partial mediating factor to boost the influence of readiness for practice on degree of self-directed learning. Recommendation: Incorporating problem-based learning strategies into the nursing curriculum to improve student practice through simulation of practice.

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