Background: Nursing students encounter enormous of stresses and challenges to meet the educational process demands than other study programs, because of a unique set of circumstances encompassing their degree. One of these challenges is the academic procrastination. Significantly, resilience is a crucial quality that equips them to meet these stresses and challenges. Aim: To compare between cross cultures regarding academic resilience and procrastination tendency among nursing students. Design: Descriptive, comparative, correlational research design was utilized in conducting this study. Setting: This study was conducted in an accredited nursing science department in a Faculty of Medicine, which affiliated to a Nigerian University and accredited Faculty of nursing which affiliated to an Egyptian University. Sample. A convenience sample consisted of (No.520) Egyptian and Nigerian nursing students. Tools: A structured questionnaire which consists of three sections was used to collect data pertinent to the current study as follows; 1) Demographic and Academic Data Sheet, 2) The resilience scale (RS), 3) Academic procrastination scale. Results: A highly significant cross-cultural difference was found between Nigerian and Egyptian students regarding academic resilience and Procrastination tendency levels. Conclusion: The findings demonstrated that academically resilient nursing students have fewer tendencies towards procrastination and more academic performance. Recommendation: Nursing colleges might use a resilience measuring tool earlier to students' enrollment to identify their resilient potentials.
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