Globally, the significant and increasing shortage of nurses is alarming. Male nurses have established their positions in hospitals and community health settings but their overall numbers remain suboptimal. Therefore, this study sought to explore and describe the views of secondary grade male students regarding men in the field of nursing in Egypt. The study was conducted at 2 secondary schools: Omar Makram and the Military Governmental Secondary Schools for boys in Damanhur, Egypt. A total number of 350 male students were recruited in the study and their perceptions and attitudes towards men in nursing were assessed using the Attitudes Towards Men in Nursing Scale (ATMINS), which was developed by Bartfay WJ et al., in 2010. Interestingly, it was found that there is a general positive perception toward men in nursing. Specifically, the most apparent positive attitudes were in the direction to "Mass media portrayal of the male nurse as being gay or effeminate in nature which discourages males to choose it as a career" followed by "Mass media portrayal of nursing to be more suited to women which also discourages males to choose it as a career". On the other hand, their negative perception and disagreement was toward "Encouragement male family members to pursue nursing as a challenging and rewarding career choice". Therefore, "Media description", "No specific job title for men" and "No role model" are the major factors that discouraged male students from choosing nursing as a future career. In contrast, "Gaining good income and travelling abroad" seemed to have potentially shifted their perception. Eligible students chose nursing as a prospective future career right after medicine, pharmacy and engineering. In conclusion, Male students in secondary grade seem to have a positive perception toward men in the nursing field but do not prefer it as a future career. Having said that, a considerable part of society reflects a limited attraction to the nursing profession even though they appreciate it. Future research is indeed warranted to investigate other key factors that may influence the overall male perception toward the profession of nursing.

Nursing graduates, during the internship period, carry a lot of duties and responsibilities which obligates them to use proficient emotional abilities. Emotional intelligence (EI) is the aptitude to manage emotions intelligently which includes a group of emotional and cognitive competencies. There are multiple factors that affect EI. One of them is internet addiction (IA). The aims of this study are to determine the EI and IA levels among nursing interns and to investigate the relationship between them. Hence, the research employed a descriptive, correlative survey which was conducted on all nursing interns who enrolled at the Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University, Egypt. The survey instrument included the Trait EI Questionnaire Short Form (TEIQue SF) and the Problematic Internet Use Questionnaire (PIUQ). In addition, sociodemographic assessment was involved. According to the findings of this study, the majority of nursing interns have high EI scores concerning, well being, self control, emotionality and sociability. Also, a greater number of nursing interns have low scores pertaining to obsession, neglect and self control of IA components. There is a statistically significant relation between participants' socio-demographic characteristics and EI scores and IA scores. Additionally, there is an evidence of negative or inverse correlation between IA and EI among nursing interns. Conclusion and recommendations: EI and IA are negatively correlated among graduate nursing interns. These two important concepts should be investigated and integrated into the nursing curriculum. As well, nursing interns should be trained on how to develop EI skills and use of the internet in a proper way.

Self-management is a primary goal for multiple chronic diseases and particularly for Congestive Heart Failure (CHF). Currently, treatment for CHF emphasizes relieving symptoms through teaching patients how to better care for themselves. Patients who take an active role in self-care are more independent; feel more able to manage their disease and experience better psychological outcomes. However, the research focused on self care-management intervention in heart failure patients in Egypt is very inadequate. Thus, this study aims to first explore the self-care management learning needs among patients with CHF, then secondly assess the effects of a self-care-management tool on self-care adequacy and quality of life (QOL) among this group of patients and thirdly identify patient opinions regarding the instructional developed tool. The research design encompasses the two designs of descriptive and quasi-experimental pretest-posttest study. A convenient sample of 256 patients with congestive heart disease was employed for the survey group in the assessment phase of the study. From this sample, 30% were then randomly assigned to use the developed instructional tool as the experimental group. Two tools were used for data collection. The first was the Heart Failure Self-Care Management Questionnaire (HFSCMQ) which included two parts: the Self-Care Heart Failure Index which was developed by Riegel et al., in 2009, and the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire (MLHFQ) that was developed by Rector T, in 1986. The second tool was a patient feedback opinionnaire which was developed by the researchers to determine patient's feedback after using the developed tool. Results for the survey group revealed observed inadequate self-care management as perceived by patients with CHF involving self-care maintenance, self-care management and self-care confidence elements, as well as poor QOL detection. Results for the experimental group showed that the CHF patient's perceptions about self-care management with its components were improved before and after use of the developed instructional tool in the second and third assessments. As well, the QOL was slightly improved as perceived by them. This proves that the self-care management tool may be effective as a self-learning reference among Egyptian CHF patients. In conclusion, instructional health education materials, particularly for patients with chronic illnesses such as CHF, are essential nursing interventions to improve patient self-care management literacy and the QOL. Furthermore, the planning, developing, and implementing of different health instructional materials for patient teaching has become a necessary scheme for nurses to improve their practice in exploring innovative roles in the health education field and activate these roles in different health specialties.