Mental Health and Self-Esteem among Faculty Nursing Students

The presence of positive mental health and self-esteem help nursing students to dealwith the different events and daily problems and pursue their own goals in life. Consequentlythey can function effectively in the society. Objective: Determine the relationship betweendegrees of mental health and self-esteem among faculty nursing students. Setting: The presentstudy was carried out at the faculty of nursing, Damanhour University. Subjects: Threehundred nursing students were randomly selected using simple random sampling method.Tools: Tools used comprised General Health Questionnaire (GHQ), Rosenberg Self-EsteemScale (RSE) and Socio-demographic and academic characteristics questionnaire. Results: Ahigh significant positive correlation was found between mental health and self-esteem(P=0.001). Male students have higher degree of mental health. Positive correlation was alsofound between students satisfaction with choosing nursing as a profession and their mentalhealth and self-esteem (P: 0.000 and 0.037, respectively). Conclusion: Faculty nursingstudents in general experience psychological well-being. However, a substantial proportionof them may be on the verge of facing psychological distress. Recommendations: Nursingstudents degree of mental health and self-esteem should be assessed regularly, and thecounseling services should be organized for students with low degrees of mental health andself-esteem.