Background: Nursing is a one of the oldest and noblest profession. This profession
combines physical science, social science, nursing theory and technology. Aim: This study
aimed at identifying relationship between nursing students' attitude toward nursing
profession and their self-esteem. Research design: A descriptive, cross-sectional study
design was used. Setting: The study was conducted at faculty of nursing Al-Azhar
University. Subjects: 214 nursing students from all four grades in faculty of nursing were
included in the study. Tools of data collection: Data were collected by using two tools,
attitude toward nursing profession questionnaire and self-esteem scale. Results: Slightly
less than two third of nursing students have positive attitude toward nursing profession,
while slightly more than three quarters of nursing students have high self-esteem.
Conclusion: There was a highly statistically significant relation between studied students'
attitude toward nursing profession and their self-esteem. Recommendations: Training
sessions should be organized to improve nursing students' attitude toward nursing profession
and improve their self-esteem, also educational courses should be made to induct, train and
retain qualified and expert instructors for promoting the education quality.