By God willing, doctoral thesis submitted by researcher/ Martha Melek Labeib gerges - assistant lecturer, Department of Geriatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University - will be discussed on Tuesday, 15/12/2020, at 9:00 a.m., at the conference hall of the college. Thesis Title: " Impact of implementing designed nursing protocol on improving respiratory function for elderly patients' with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease "