Mental imagery strategy is an effective educational tool to enhance skill performance especially where real practice is limited. Aim of the study: Was to determine the effect of implementing mental imagery strategy on nursing students, performance, satisfaction and self-confidence regarding neonatal endotracheal suction procedure. Quasi experimental research design was used. Subjects and Method: Eighty pediatric nursing students at the third year, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University. Four Tools: Were used to collect data: Students knowledge regarding endotracheal suctioning, betts' questionnaire mental imagery vividness of mental imagery scale, student satisfaction and self-confidence in learning scale and airway suctioning observational checklist. Results: Revealed that the total scores of students' knowledge and practice for majority of study and control groups were unsatisfactory before teaching interventions and improved for both groups immediately and 2weeks after teaching intervention with higher scores for study than control group. Conclusion:It can be concluded that students studied with mental imagery strategy showed a significant improvement on knowledge, practice, satisfaction and self-confidence in relation to endotracheal suctioning than students studied with traditional learning method. Recommendation: Clinical nursing education programs should integrate mental imagery strategy in parallel with physical practice for the curriculum development to enhance skill performance.

Background;Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways Asthma has a genetic predisposition but it needs environment factors, it is one of themostcommom chronic diseases of the children.The aim of the study;was to assessthe nursing care provide for children suffering from bronchial asthma,developed implement and evaluate effect evidence-based guidelines for nurses caring for children suffering from bronchial asthma.

Introduction: Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura is an autoimmune blood disorder associated with decrease platelets level less than normal, which may result in bleeding occurrence. The actual cause is unknown. It may be progressive if untreated, but may remit spontaneously for several years. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of health educational program on nurses’ performance for children with Idiopathic-Thrombocytopenic-Purpura. Methods: The study was Quasi- experimental research design used for 50 nurses working at Pediatric Hematology Unit of Tanta University Hospital and Pediatric Hematology Unit of Al- Mabra Tanta Hospital. Two Tools were used to collect required data: structured interview schedule to collect biosocial data of nurses and observational check list regarding nursing practice. Results: The present study-represented that, three quarter of nurses had poor-knowledge and all of them had unsatisfactory level of practice before the-educational-program-implementation. While immediately and after one month from the implementation of the program the total-scores-of-nurses' knowledge and practice improved. Conclusion: There was a-significant improvement in nursing knowledge and practice in relation to nursing care for children with Idiopathic-Thrombocytopenic-Purpura. Recommendations: In-service-training program should be conducted periodically for nurses' teaching the basic knowledge and clinical skills.