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Interest in the elective course can lead to improvement and promotion of students or cause fatigue, hopelessness, and frustration of studying. The purpose of this study was to investigate the satisfaction of nursing and midwifery students with their field of study.

This descriptive cross-sectional study was performed on 123 nursing and midwifery students of Golestan University of Medical Sciences. Students of semester 1, 4 and 8 were included in the study using census and available sampling method. Data were collected using a valid and reliable questionnaire of satisfaction with the field of study. Data were analyzed by SPSS and descriptive statistics and Chi-square and Mann-Whitney tests at the significant level of P <0.05.

  The mean and standard deviation of satisfaction from the field of study among students in total was 20.77± 3.17. The difference between the fields was not significant, but with the increase of the semester, the level of satisfaction with the field increased. No significant relationship was found between academic satisfaction and demographic variables.

Nursing and midwifery students' satisfaction with the field of study was high and with increasing semester, the level of satisfaction increased. This finding can be a promising message for educators.

Happiness makes a positive attitude to life, a positive self-concept, a mental health and emotional balance, better educational performance, and decision-making. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between individual and educational factors on happiness among university students.
This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in 2014 on 238 students of Golestan University of Medical Sciences. The students participated in the study using quota and randomized sampling methods. The data were collected by Oxford happiness inventory and demographic questionnaire and were analyzed by Pearson's test, ANOVA and t-test.
Of 238 students, 56.7% were female. The mean of happiness score was 45.67±16.28. The statistical relationship between age and happiness was significant (p=0.04). There were no significant relationships between happiness and the field of study, academic average, ethnicity, marital status, and students’ economic status. The highest mean of happiness was for the Laboratory Sciences students. More than half of the students (54.8%) had average happiness level above mean score.
Regarding the students with average level of happiness, applying approaches to develop happiness in academic environment seems important.

Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is an uncommon but severe complication in pregnant women suffering from hypertension. Most published data support the view that preeclampsia and eclampsia are important risk factors for pregnancy-related ICH. A 26-year-old pregnant, with preeclampsia and lower limb extremities edema on 35-week of first pregnancy admitted in an obstetrician clinical and educational center based on the sonographic finding and underwent cesarean section. She delivered a healthy baby and admitted in emergency room with seizures and intracerebral hemorrhage after four days. The patient was discharged in a healthy condition ten days after drainage of intracerebral hemorrhage by craniotomy. Hypertension treatment during pregnancy prevents serious complications such as ICH. Women with preeclampsia or eclampsia are at higher risk of stroke during pregnancy and in the first postpartum year, in which should be closely monitored even after pregnancy.

A case of sirenomelic newborn is reported. The newborn was stillborn and was having fused lower extremities with numerous anomalies. There are no information regarding internal anomalies as no autopsy was done. Considering the growing needs of people to getting aware of genetic issues, nurses need to be trained to provide such services.