TY - BOOK AU - Saadia Abdalla Gesm Elseed AU - Nagat Said Ibrahim Habib , AU - Nawal Abdelmonem Fouad, , AU - Said Sallam , TI - Appraisal of Egyptian nursing faculties in light of Egyptian accreditation standards : : Perception of students, staff members and employees / PY - 2014/// CY - Cairo : PB - Saadia Abdalla Gesm Elseed , KW - Accreditation KW - Assurance KW - Quality N1 - Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Nursing - Department of Community Health Nursing; Issued also as CD N2 - Accreditation has gained worldwide attention as an effective quality evaluation and management tool. Accreditation of educational institutions in Egypt is granted by "The National Authority for Quality Assurance and Accreditation of Education NAQAAE. This study aimed to identify perceptions of students, staff members and employees regarding the implementation of the Egyptian accreditation standards in accredited nursing faculties and to identify perceptions of students, staff members and employees regarding the implementation of the Egyptian Accreditation Standards in non accredited yet nursing faculties. A descriptive comparative design was utilized. The sample included 2195 students, 322 post graduate students, 566 staff members, 41 academic leaders and 341employees. This study was conducted at 5 Egyptian nursing faculties two are accredited (Cairo& Alexandria) and three are not yet accredited (Zagzig, Ismailia & Benha). Data were collected over a period of 10 months started in November 2012 till the end of August 2013. The researcher used 5 questionnaires as data collection methods; one for undergraduate students, one for graduate students, one for faculty staff, one for academic leaders and one for employees ER -