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: The implantable cardioverter defibrillator is a sophisticated and multifunctional device to treat life-threatening arrhythmias. With increasing numbers of recipients implanted due to rapid technical development of devices and enlarged implantation indications, the consequences for recipients with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator daily life has attracted increased attention during the last decade.

Triage in hospitals typically is associated with emergency departments that aim to categorize and prioritize patients who present for emergent or urgent care before detailed evaluation and management. Aim of study:The study aimed to assess the perception of emergency department nurses regarding obstetric triage. Subjects and Methods: A descriptive design was used to achieve the aim of the current study. The study was conducted at emergency department of Badr University Hospital. Convenience sample was used for this study. All nurses (150 nurses males and females) working at emergency department at Badr University Hospital. Two data collection tools was used to carry out the current study namely; A structured self-administered questionnaire, and nurses' perception questionnaire. Results: Majority of nurses showed good grand total perception (82.7%), while (17.3%) showed poor grand total perception. Nurses had poor knowledge showed higher percentage of poor grand total perception(83.3%), while nurses had either moderate or good knowledge showed higher percentages in good grand total perception (80.6% and 90.3%) respectively. Conclusion: There were no statistical significant differences between the studied nurses' socio-demographic characteristics and groups of total score of knowledge about obstetric triage (p>0.05 for each item). Recommendations: Periodic assessment for nurses' perception and knowledge regarding obstetric triage in emergency department, providing sufficient training for nurses regarding obstetric triage in emergency department and all nurses in other departments of the hospital.