Background: Emotional intelligence is considered to be one factor that helps individuals control their feelings. Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the emotional intelligence and uncertainty among undergraduate nursing students during the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak. Methods: A descriptive, cross-sectional design was used on a convenience sample, consisting of 284 undergraduate nursing students at the Faculty of Nursing, Zagazig University, Egypt, Faculty of Applied Medical Science, Taibah University, and Al-Ghad International Colleges, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Data were collected as responses to a questionnaire, which incorporated a sociodemographic datasheet, the Emotional Intelligence Scale, and the Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale. Results: The results showed significant differences in emotional intelligence mean scores between Saudi nursing students, who scored higher than their Egyptian counterparts, whereas the uncertainty mean scores were significantly higher among nursing students in Egypt than those in Saudi Arabia. Students in Saudi Arabia were significantly more satisfied with online education and online exams compared with those in Egypt. A negative correlation was identified between emotional intelligence mean scores and uncertainty mean scores among nursing students. Conclusion: A focus on the concept of emotional intelligence during university education may assist in the establishment of a supportive environment that can reduce uncertainty among nursing students. Improving, updating, financing, and facilitating online education technology should be a focus of educational institutions and ministries of education worldwide.

Background Psychological distress is considered a threat to the mental health of human beings. This research was conducted at the beginning of the emerging COVID-19 pandemic, when most people had limited knowledge about coronavirus, mode of transmission, associated manifestations, with uncertainty about treatment, vaccine, future life, and coping capacity. This study examined the nature of the psychological distress related to the emergence of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and coping strategies adopted among the general population in Egypt. Methods This was a descriptive, cross-sectional study assessing a convenience sample consisting of 312 participants from the general population in Egypt. Data were gathered as online responses to a questionnaire which incorporated a sociodemographic datasheet, psychological distress scale, and ways of coping scale. Results Forty-two percent of the participants showed severe psychological distress and 26% showed mild to moderate psychological distress. There was a strong positive correlation between the distress score and the overall coping score—that is, the higher the distress, the more ways of coping were adopted (p < 0.001). This study also showed that the methods of adaptation used by most of the population were based on emotional coping strategy. The most adaptive people were those who work in the health field and the residents in the cities with a monthly income sufficient enough to meet their needs; better adaptation methods were also seen among both divorced and highly educated people. We also found a significant relationship between sociodemographic characteristics except for sex and overall coping methods (p < 0.001). Further, significant relationships between sociodemographic characteristics and psychological distress were observed (p < 0.001). Conclusion Most of the study population as a sample of the general population in Egypt reported suffering from varying degrees of psychological distress during the COVID-19 crisis. However, the more severe an individual’s level of psychological distress, the greater their adaptation ability was. This study focuses light on the importance to provide appropriate interventions against COVID-19-related stresses and equipping people with suitable strategies for coping with the COVID-19 pandemic.

The aim of this study was to investigate young female reaction concerning their gynecological examination. Design: descriptive study. Setting: This study was conducted at obstetrics and gynecology outpatient clinic at Mansoura university hospital, Egypt. Subjects: two hundred and three young female. Sample type: purposive sample. Tools: An interviewing questionnaire schedule, emotional stress reaction questionnaire, visual analogue scale and immediately post gynecological examination assessment. Results: The present study results had revealed that, majority among young female had incorrect knowledge. Also, 90.1% of young female complain from pain during bimanual examination &insertion of instrument, It was observed that majority among young female had totally correspond negative nonverbal reaction during (Gyne Ex) were feeling of embarrassment (92.1%), while (84.2%) closed& tight her thighs during (Gyne Ex). In addition negative verbal emotional stressful reaction during (Gyne Ex) was no clinic discharge information from health team (88.7%). Moreover most of young female were disagreed about technique, pre-preparation (Gyne Ex). Furthermore 71.4% refused to repeated future (Gyne Ex). Additionally the main barriers by self reported by young female were stressful event (88.2%), lack of communication with health team (85.2%) & taking long time for waiting (79.3%). Conclusion: the present study concluded that the majority of the young female had incorrect knowledge. Also, most of them corresponding with negatively verbal and nonverbal emotional reaction as well as the majority were embarrassment and (Gyne Ex) hurted the dignity, Recommendation: design purshor, guideline and poster concerning the importance & technique of female gynecological examination to enhance young female emotional verbal and non verbal reaction towards their regular Gyne Ex).

Background Clinical training stress may negatively affect nursing students’ academic achievement, clinical performance, learning outcomes, well-being, general health, and quality of life. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of mindfulness-based intervention on post-traumatic stress symptoms among emergency nursing students. This study was conducted at the technical institute of nursing, Zagazig University. Three tools were used in the current study: the sociodemographic data sheet, the impact of event scale, and the 15-item Five-Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire. Results Emergency nursing students had a wide range of PTSS at the pre-intervention period. These symptoms significantly improved after the implementation of a mindfulness-based intervention. Mindfulness level also improved after the intervention. Post-traumatic stress symptoms were positively correlated with the number of training hours and negatively correlated with students’ age, mother’s occupation, and educational level. Conclusions Mindfulness-based intervention was effective in reducing post-traumatic stress symptoms among emergency nursing students.

This study aimed to investigate parturient women's self-reported measures compared with nurses' compliance with supportive measures during labour. Setting: This study was conducted at labour and delivery units in the Mansoura University Hospitals, Egypt. Design: A comparative descriptive study. Subjects: Two sampling were used; 18 nurses that had direct worked with parturient women in labour and delivery unit, sample type was convenient sample and a ninety parturient woman who had given birth in Mansoura university hospital, sample type was a purposive sample. Tools: For parturient women, a structured interviewing questionnaire, labour supportive measures questionnaire, and woman's satisfaction questionnaire and tools for nurses were observational checklist of labour support measures and barriers questionnaire sheet. Results: The study findings showed that based on the parturient women's self-report, the most supportive measures received were physical followed by emotional supportive measures during second, third and fourth stage of labour (64.6 ± 25.21, 60.3 ± 25.67, respectively) and received less emotional and physical support during first stage (38.1 ± 27.92, 32.5 ± 14.16, respectively). The overall total score of labour supportive measures were (46.4 ± 11.16) based on a self-report by parturient women. Also, the majority of nurses did not comply with providing labour supportive measures and the overall total score of labour supportive measures were low (31.1 ± 10.30). Else, there was a highly a statistically significant relation between women's self-reported supportive measures and nurses' compliance with supportive measures in all domains (P<0.001) except physical supportive measures during first stage of labour (P = 0.247). Too much emergency situation and administrative work were the main barrier that prevents nurses to comply with providing supportive measures. Most of parturient women were unsatisfied with the perceived supportive measures. Conclusion: The results of the study concluded that there was a highly statistically significant relationship between parturient women's self-reported measures and nurses' compliance with supportive measures in all domains except physical supportive measures during first stage of labour. Recommendation: Designed and implemented program for enhancing nurses' compliance with supportive measures during labour by woman health and midwifery nursing department staff.