Non-intubated patients with acute respiratory failure due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) could benefit from awake proning. Awake proning is an attractive intervention in settings with limited resources, as it comes with no additional costs. However, awake proning remains poorly used, probably because of unfamiliarity and uncertainties regarding potential benefits and practical application. To summarize evidence for benefit and to develop a set of pragmatic recommendations for awake proning in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia, focusing on settings where resources are limited, international healthcare professionals from high and low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) with known expertise in awake proning were invited to contribute expert advice.

The increasing incidence and prevalence of diseases has not only prompted but necessitated the need for patient teaching. This work discusses the role of nurses in patient teaching as one of the element in nursing practice, the knowledge, attitude of nurses towards patient teaching and the practice of nurses towards patient teaching, the factors influencing patient teaching. A convenient non probability sampling technique was used. A self - administered questionnaire with open and close ended questions were used to assess knowledge and practice. Results revealed that majority of the respondents 97.0% had knowledge of patient teaching, 82.7% had positive attitude towards patient teaching while 77.4% didn’t allocate special time to patient teaching, hence there was fair practice. In conclusion, the study therefore revealed that  the respondents had good knowledge of patient teaching and positive attitude towards patient teaching.