Background: Despite the crucial role of nursing students in managing public health crises, their understanding and attitudes towards monkeypox (mpox) remain underexplored. This study aims to assess nursing students' knowledge, attitudes, anxiety levels, and perceived need for mental healthcare support related to mpox across the UAE, Iraq, and Egypt. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted with 1,386 nursing students from three universities using non-probability purposive sampling. Participants completed a structured questionnaire covering sociodemographic information, knowledge of mpox, attitudes towards the disease, levels of anxiety, and perceived mental healthcare needs. Knowledge was categorized into poor, fair, and good, attitudes into negative, neutral, and positive, and anxiety into low, moderate, and high levels. Data were analysed for correlations using Pearson's correlation coefficient and statistical tests. We performed multivariate regression analysis to find odd ratios of assessed parameters against several sociodemographic variables. Results: Among the participants, 21.8% demonstrated good knowledge of mpox, while 53.4% had moderate or fair knowledge and 24.8% had poor knowledge. Attitudes were predominantly neutral (44.7%) or negative (36%), and 57.2% reported moderate anxiety. Approximately 33% of students felt a significant need for mental healthcare support. Knowledge correlated positively with attitudes and negatively with anxiety and perceived mental healthcare needs. Attitudes also negatively correlated with perceived mental healthcare needs. Conclusion: The neutral or negative attitudes towards mpox suggest a need for enhanced educational interventions. Addressing these gaps through targeted training programs could improve knowledge, foster positive attitudes, and mitigate anxiety, thereby better preparing future healthcare professionals for emerging health threats.

Abstract Aim: The aim of this study was to assess, design, implement and evaluate the effectiveness of an educational training program on psychological stressors among epileptic women. Method: A quasi experimental design was used on the study sample which consisted of 30 women who had been diagnosed as epileptic patients at Assiut University Hospital. Personal and clinical data sheet was developed and used by the investigator in addition to Stressors Inventory for Persons with Epilepsy (SIPE). Results: Results revealed that, more than half of the studied sample (56.7%) was observed in the age group from 30-40 years, mean±sd( 30.4+4.6), Also 90% of the studied group were from rural area, and 96.7% of them were housewives, and more than half of them were illiterate, read & write (56.7%). relating to frequency of fits "every few months" represent the highest score (73.3%), meanwhile" everyweek" represented the lowest score (6.7%), women with epilepsy disorder who attended to the educational program showed significant improvement in their knowledge about epilepsy disorder and practice of relaxation techniques. Also significant improvement in level of stress. Conclusions: In conclusion most of women with epilepsy disorder had high level of stress, there was decreased level of stress in immediate post program and follow up than preprogram. Recommendations: This study recommended that community services should be offered to women with epilepsy as counseling center to help them manage their seizures and their lives successfully. Keywords: Psychological Stressors & Women With Epilepsy