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Background: Acute abdomen is ranking as the third common chief complaint of patients presenting to emergency departments. Objective of the study was to evaluate the emergency nurses’ practice regarding patients with acute abdominal. Design: A descriptive research design was used in this study. Setting: The study was carried out in emergency departments at Assuit University Hospital and central Abou-Teeg Hospital. Subject: A total sample of (36) emergency nurses who provide direct patient care were included in this work. Tools: Two tools were utilized to collect data. Tool I developed by the researcher to identify emergency nurses’ characteristics. Tool II acute abdomen observational checklist included 64 steps regarding the six items of acute abdomen practice; preparation (6 steps), history (16 steps), assessment (1 steps), physical examination (26 steps), collaborative management (12 steps), and documentation (3 steps). Methods: Data collection took approximately 6 months starting from February till July 2016. Each nurse was observed once in per shift using tool 2. Results: The finding revealed that most of taking history steps done correctly by 100% of emergency nurses at both hospitals. An assessment steps were done incorrectly by 50% of emergency nurses at Assuit University and Abou-Teeg hospitals respectively. Conclusion: It was concluded that most items of acute abdomen practice regarding preparation, assessment, physical examination, collaborative management, and documentation were done correctly by low percentages especially among emergency nurses at Abouteeg hospitals.

Purpose: To identify the relation between self-esteem and health related quality of life of adult cancer patients receiving chemotherapy and to identify the demographic variables that may have impact on health related quality of life of cancer patients receiving chemothera-py. Methods: A cross-sectional, descriptive, correlational survey was utilized in this study. The study was conducted at the in-patient and out-patient clinic of oncology at South Egypt cancer institute. The sample consisted of 100 patients with the following inclusion criteria; adult patients diagnosed of any type of cancer, fully conscious and are willing to participate in the study. Two tools were used; 36-Item Short Form Health Survey Instrument and Rosenberg self-esteem questionnaire. Results: The majority of the studied sample (67 %) was female, their age ranges from 40 years and above, they were not working and were having a breast cancer (38%), there was a highly statistical significant difference in total HRQoL score and breast and lung cancer diagnosis. Conclusion: A quarter of the studied sample was having a satisfactory quality of life while near the entire studied sample were having a good self-esteem. Age, sex and occupation were socio-demographic variables that have impact on patient's quality of life.

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Academic stress and anxiety among nursing students have been researched on, and researchers have identified stressors as too many assignments, competition with other students, failures and lack of pocket money. Nursing students suffer from a great deal of anxiety, which sometimes interferes with both classroom and clinical performance. Aim: To explore academic stress and anxiety among the faculty of nursing students at Assiut University and to evaluate correlation between academic stress and anxiety. Sample: A systematic random sample (one by one) was selected from the first and fourth grade students. The number of them was 249 students. Design: A descriptive correlation design was employed. Setting: Faculty of Nursing at Assiut University. Tools: A self report questionnaire included three parts: Socio demographic data, academic stress scale and Hamilton anxiety scale. Results: The mean age of students was 19.34 ± 1.54 years. 96.4% of them were single, 66.7% of them were residing in rural areas and from the first grade respectively. It was found that, 53.4%, 45.8%, 43.4%, and 43.0% experienced extreme academic stress related to waiting for results/grades, continuous poor performance, academic workload and feeling of not having enough knowledge for the practical test. Also, 53.6% of students had severe academic stress and 27.7% had moderate academic stress. While, 24.1% had mild to moderate level of anxiety and 24.9% of them had severe to extreme anxiety level. Academic stress was positively and significantly correlated with anxiety (r = 0.415) and (p value = 0.000). Conclusion: More than half of students have severe academic stress, and more than one quarter have moderate academic stress. Also, a great number of them experienced various anxiety levels which ranged from mild to moderate and severe to extreme levels. Academic stress was positively and significantly correlated with anxiety Recommendations: Stress management program is essential to diminish academic stress and anxiety levels among nursing students.

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Internalization of stigma often leads to negative feelings (about self), maladapted behavior, identity transformation, or stereotype endorsement. The purpose of the study: was to identify the relationship between internalized stigma, self esteem and the capacity for intimacy among bipolar and schizophrenic hospitalized patients. Design: Descriptive correlational research design was used in this study. Setting: The study was carried out at the psychiatric inpatient unit of the department of Psychiatry at Assiut University Hospital. The study sample comprised 100 patients (55 patients with schizophrenia and 45 of them with bipolar disorders). Instruments of the study: three instruments were used for data collection: namely: Internalized stigma of mental illness scale (ISMI), Self – esteem inventory, and Intimacy attitude scale – revised. Results: The main results yielded by the study proved that there were highly statistical significant differences between internalized stigma, self – esteem and intimacy scales , there were stastically significant differences between self- esteem, stereotype and social withdrawal, and there were positive strong correlation between self- esteem and intimacy. Recommendation: Design and implement psychoeducational programs to improve patient's self-esteem and decrease internalized stigma. Longitudinal studies that monitor levels of patient's self-esteem and stigma over time are needed to evaluate patient's capacity for intimate relation.