Background: Stigma can hinder the productivity of the upcoming male nurses making them unable to perform their assigned roles. Moreover the nursing stereotypes and challenges faced by male nurses have negative impact on their job satisfaction, attention and recruitment in nursing profession (Roth and Co leman, 2008 & Fung C, 2018): The aim of this study was to determine the efficacy of narrative enhancement cognitive therapy on stigma of nursing among male nursing students. Setting: The study was conducted at the Faculty of Nursing, Damanhour University. Subjects the study subjects comprised 36students. Tools: Socio-Demographic and, Academic Data Structured Schedule, male students' stigma of nursing questionnaire, were used as tools for data collection. Results: Findings of the present study revealed that there was a statistically significant decrease in the total mean scores of stigma among the studied subjects after intervention (p=<0.001).
Conclusion:In conclusion, the findings of the present study support the hypothesis that Male nursing students who attend narrative enhancement cognitive therapy sessions exhibit lower levels of stigma. Recommendations: Nursing Faculty and administrators should ensure that the learning environment is welcoming for men. Further studies should be performed in the number of sample is bigger and studies with control group be conducted in order to get more reliable and more general result.