Abstract
Researches has failed to incorporate the challenges facing male nursing
students. Therefore; this study aimed at assessing the frustration facing male
students in maternity curriculum and their life satisfaction. An exploratory
descriptive research design was utilized. Faculty of Nursing, Assiut
University- Egypt, was the setting. Subjects include a convenient sample of
all male nursing students who studied & recently passed Maternity
Curriculum; a total of 162 students were recruited. Tools for data collection
included; interview questionnaire; Frustration scale, which developed by of
Mobark and Haroon (2015) and Life satisfaction scale, which developed by
Eldesoky (1669). The duration for data collection lasted for 6 months
precisely from January to June 2016. Results of this study revealed that the
mean age of participant students was 21.31years. There was a highly
statistically significance differences between frustration level and general
feeling of satisfaction. Also high frustration level associated with low level of
satisfaction. This study concluded that the level of frustration strongly
correlated with level of satisfaction. This study recommended future
researches on enrollment, frustration, satisfaction and perception of male
nursing students and the importance of further researches in this field with
comparison between both sexes.
Key words: Maternity curriculum, Male nursing student, Frustration, Life
satisfaction