Back ground: Workplace bullying is a social and organizational problem within the health care, it has several adverse effects and closely associated with nurses' work engagement. Aim: The study aimed to assess the effect of workplace bullying on nurses' work engagement. Research Design: Descriptive correlational research design was used in the study. Setting: the study was conducted at EL-Menshawy Hospital, which affiliated to the Ministry of Health and Population. The study subjects: Consisted of a represented sample of staff nurses (n= 250). Tools: Data was collected by using two tools. 1) workplace bullying questionnaire; 2) nurses' work engagement questionnaire. Results: The result showed that majority of staff nurses had high level of bullying and more than two-fifths of the staff nurses had low level of work engagement. Conclusion: There was statistically significant correlation between nurses' bullying and their engagement. Recommendation: As bullying seems to be a serious problem among staff nurses at EL-Menshawy Hospital, Nurses at all levels, Nursing administrators need to develop policies to prevent bullying and setting up mechanisms that allow nurses who exposed to workplace bullying to report incidents of bullying.

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Background: Resonant leadership provides the nurse managers with the opportunity to design and manage the environment. Objective: The current study aimed to evaluate the influence of program regarding resonant leadership on knowledge and practices of nurse managers. Subjects and methods: Setting: The study was conducted at Emergency Hospital and Tanta University Main hospital. Subjects: Nurse Managers and charge nurses (n = 66) at Tanta Main University and Emergency Hospitals, also 322 of staff nurses. Tool: Three tools were used; (1) Nurse Managers' resonant leadership knowledge structured questionnaire;(2) Nurse Managers' resonant leadership practice self-report; and (3) Nurses' perception about nurse managers' resonant leadership structured questionnaire. Results: The majority (87.9%) of nurse managers had low level of knowledge regarding resonant leadership and none of them had satisfactory level of resonant leadership practice pre-program. While all of them had high level of knowledge and practice at immediate, which slightly decreased to the majority (86.4% and 83.3%) of them after 3 months of program respectively. None of nurses described that their nurse managers practiced high resonant leadership. While all (100%) of them reported that their nurse managers had high level at immediate, which slightly decreased to 84.5% of them after 3 months of program. Conclusion: Nurse Managers at Main Tanta University Hospital and Emergency Hospital showed low level of knowledge and practice regarding resonant leadership. While they develop their resonant leadership skills after implementation of needed programs. It is recommended to organize frequent periodic advancement program for nurse managers about resonant leadership.

Background: Disaster is unforeseeable event that destroys lives and affects people, ruins possessions and disturbs environment. Nursing staff play a vital role in dealing with the victims of such events, so, it is essential for nursing staff to be prepared in facing the consequences of disasters. Aim: Identify the effect of internal disaster management intervention program on nursing staff knowledge and skills. Design: A quasi-experimental design was used. Setting: The study was conducted at Tanta Emergency Hospital, Tanta University. Subject: sample of 35% of total nursing staff (n = 175) were included. Tool: nursing staff knowledge regarding internal disaster management was used included part I: Characteristics data of nursing staff, part II: Nursing staff knowledge regarding internal disaster management, and part III: Nursing staff perceived skills about procedures dealing with internal disaster management. Results: Preprogram, majority of nursing staff had poor knowledge, while post program, more than two-thirds of nursing staff had good level of knowledge with statistical significant improvement on nursing staff levels about internal disaster management pre than post program. As well as, preprogram, more than half of nursing staff had low level of perceived skills, while, post program about two-thirds of nursing staff had high level of perceived skills with statistical significant improvement in nursing staff skills dealing with internal disaster management pre than post program. Conclusion: Nursing staff knowledge and skills was improved after implementation of disaster program. Recommendation: Nursing staff need continuous courses and training for disaster management and incorporate emergency care and disaster management skills into undergraduate curricula.

Background: Students' rights has become an important part of modern education due to when the nursing students know their rights and reach it, they experience high satisfaction as there is almost universal agreement regarding the importance of student rights across the educational system. The study aimed to assess nursing students' and educators' perception toward nursing students' rights and its relation to nursing students' satisfaction. Study design: Descriptive correlational design was utilized to conduct this study. Study setting: The study was conducted at the Faculty of Nursing, Benha University. Subjects: Included simple random sample of undergraduate nursing students' from all four academic years 332 out from 1962 who are enrolled at academic year 2019/2020 and available nursing educators' 125 out from 173 at the above mentioned study setting. Tools: Two tools were used for data collection: (I) Nursing students' rights questionnaire and (II) Nursing students' Satisfaction Scale (NSSS). Results: Showed that the majority (78.9% & 95.2%) of studied nursing students' and educators' had high perceived level toward nursing students' rights respectively. Also, nearly half (48.8 %) of studied nursing students' had high satisfaction level. Conclusion:The study concluded that there was positive statistical significant correlation between total perception of nursing students' and educators' toward nursing student rights and total nursing students' satisfaction .Recommendation: Disseminating this created bill of rights and at all faculties in Benha Universities, also posted students' rights in sites accessible to all students and publishing them on faculty websites and educators use technology effectively and work collaboratively with each other.