Background: Self-esteem can be defined as a personal consideration individuals have about their feelings and their value, that is, people analyze how much they like themselves, how they see and think of themselves. Self-esteem is an important quality and a personality trait or attribute that is considered as a specific requirement for healthcare professionals during their encounters with patients that leads to better performance and positively reinforces hospital customer satisfaction. Beginning student nurses have reported a high incidence of anxiety. High levels of anxiety can affect students self esteem, learning, performance and in some cases retention within a nursing program. Not every suffering from anxiety has an anxiety disorder. That is why there is also generic counseling available for those that simply want someone to talk to. Methods: A quasi-experimental research design was conducted at the Faculty of Nursing, Minofya University. The sample consisted of 62 first year baccalaureate nursing students were recruited for this study during the first term of academic year 2012/2013. Tools of data collection, Tool 1: questionnaire sheet, Tool 2: Rosenberg's self-esteem scale (RSES), Tool 3: Anxiety scale: Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAM-A). Results: The result revealed statistical significance difference between before and after intervention groups. Conclusions: There was improvement of the levels of self-esteem and decreasing anxiety level. So the faculties of nursing can promote counseling programs via conferences, seminars and new training courses. Further studies are required to generalize the results and more programs among different nursing levels are also required.

Background: Internship nursing student's mental health was typically poor during the epidemic, particularly anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorders which should be handled with assistance and intervention. This study was aimed to evaluate the effect of Dialectical behavior therapy -based intervention on the psychological impacts of Covid-19 among internship nursing students. Method: A total of 260 Internship Nursing Students (Study group) were received a dialectical behavior therapy intervention session for four weeks. This group was compared with 260 Internship Nursing Students (Control group) without (DBT) intervention sessions. Tool one A structured Interviewing Questionnaire, Tool two: Zung Self-Rating Anxiety Scale, Tool three: Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale, and Tool four: The Impact of Event Scale (IES) were used in this study. This study was carried out at the Faculty of Nursing, Menoufia University. A quasiexperimental research design two groups (Study and control group) was utilized. Results: There were no significant differences in total score of anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress subscales between the study and control group before the (DBT) intervention sessions while after the (DBT) intervention sessions the study group's anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress total scores were significantly lower than the control group. Conclusion: During the epidemic prevention and control, dialectical behavior therapy can successfully decrease the anxiety, depression, and posttraumatic stress of the Internship Nursing students. Recommendations: DBT therapy may be implemented in the future in school psychological counselling to help college students cope with unpleasant emotions. Furthermore, it can aid in the regulation of emotions and better satisfy the psychological demands of medical and nursing students as well as college psychological counselling development needs.

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From puberty until menopause, women's biochemistry waxes and wanes to her own unique monthly rhythm, or menstruation cycle. Menstruation and a woman's menstrual cycle play a very important role in her life. This study was carried out to assess woman reaction (feeling, attitude, and practice) and knowledge toward menstruation. This study was conducted in two suburban areas namely Shebin El-Kom and Quesina and 10 rural areas from Menoufyia Governorate. A convenient sample compromised 1023 women aged between 20-45 years, single and married women, educated and none educated from urban and rural areas. The results of the study showed below half of samples received knowledge about menstruation from their mothers and sisters. Regarding feeling above two-thirds of samples had something dirty and unclean about women during menstruation.

Female sexual dysfunction (FSD) is a serious health problem because of its high prevalence and deleterious effects on women's quality of life. Practitioners of women's health must care able to detect FSD in its early stage so that timely treatment could be offered. Also, the clinicians have lack understanding about the approach for identification and evaluation of the sexual problem. The study aimed to investigate the effect of guided psychosexual health instructions on changes in sexual activity among women with reduced sexual dysfunctions (hypoactive). Methods: A quasiexperimental design was used (pre and posttest one group) Setting: The study was conducted at Kebly and Bahary Maternal& Child Health Care Centers at Shibin Elkom Sample 100 participants of women were selected according to their responses in two-scale of sexual dysfunctions and elicited as hypoactive sexual dysfunctions from MCH Tools of the study: 1-Structured interview questionnaire classified into two parts, the first part deal with a biosocial data as age, level of education, and the employment status as well as complaining from physical or gynecological problems hindering them for conducting healthy marital relationship with their partner. The second part was: The Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI), A Multidimensional Self-Report Instrument for the Assessment of Female Sexual Function in a 19-item questionnaire, It was developed by Rosen, et al. (2010) as a brief instrument for assessing the key dimensions of sexual function in women. 2-Sexual Dysfunction Questionnaire It was developed by Infrasca et, al (2011) to assess women's readiness and preparation for sexual functions disorders Introduced as a brief self-report inventory. Results showed that there was a highly statistically significant difference P<0.001 between pre and post-intervention regarding the arousal of their sexual desire as well as vaginal lubrication, orgasm, and degree of satisfaction during sexual activity. It was concluded that the use of guided psychosexual intervention was effective in managing sexual dysfunctions problems and enhancing satisfaction to reach orgasm. Recommendations. All health care providers should include screening questions regarding sexual well-being as a standard of practice. Treating medical, psychosexual, relationship problems, and addressing sociocultural issues, which can be effective in helping women and their partners dealing with hypoactive sexual desire disorder. Health care providers should involve the woman's partner in the assessment and treatment of sexual health concerns when it is appropriate and safe to do so. Also, health guidelines protocol of care for (SD) should be providers to involve the woman's partner in addressing sexual issues,