Background: Lifestyle modification is the experiences involve changing long
standing practices, as physical activity, eating behaviors, sleeping pattern, and smoking, time
management, stress management and drug use through academic advising, these experiences
use for months or years have been associated with academic outcomes. Aim: to determine
the effect of lifestyle modification through the application of academic advising on academic
achievement among nursing students. Design: Quasi-experimental design. Subjects: A
purposive sample of 129 nursing students from the first year (62 students) and second year
(67student). Setting: This study was conducted at the Faculty of Nursing Menoufia
University, Shebin ElKom, Egypt. Instrument: Structured self-administered questionnaire
consists of eight parts. Results: there were highly statistical improvement of the mean
Students' knowledge and practice scores (P=< 0.001) regarding methods of life style
modification after intervention, all studied sample failed in their studying year before
intervention, while their academic achievement improved P=< 0.001, presence of positive
correlation between students' academic achievement and lifestyle modification interventions
in pre and post-intervention among the studied group and presence of positive correlation
between students' academic achievement and effect of application of academic advising in
pre and post-intervention of life style modification. Conclusion: the existing study
concluded that; lifestyle modification had a positive effect on students' academic
achievement additional the same effect of academic advising. Recommendation: based on
the current research findings the researchers recommended that; providing a well-organized,
evidence-based academic advising to reinforce the students' healthy lifestyle modification is
needed.