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Abstract
Critical thinking in personal, professional and social life is essential for everyone especially nursing students through practicing this talent from young age contribute to building a new nursing generation with high self-esteem and the ability to face life obstacles and problems. Aim: This study aims to identify the relationship between critical thinking disposition of nurse students and their self-esteem in Port-Said technical nurse institute. Design: a descriptive correlation design was used. Subject: 350 nursing students. Setting: The technical nursing institute in Port Said. Tools: Data for this study were collected by using two tools namely: California Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory (CCTDI) and Self-Esteem Scale (SES). Results: More than half of the undergraduate nursing student( 66%) at Port Said technical health institute had an ambivalent disposition towards most of the dispositional characteristics and the overall critical thinking disposition. While more than, one-third of nursing students (34%) had a positive disposition toward critical thinking. Conclusion: There was a statistically significant positive correlation between critical thinking disposition and self –esteem among nursing students. Recommendation: Nursing programs should offer enough time for the students to share in the extracurricular activities provided and nursing teachers are responsible to cultivate the ”critical spirit” in their students, which includes attitudes, dispositions and traits of critical thinking.