Background: Health is maintained and improved through the advancement and application of health sciences, an individual's efforts, and intelligent lifestyle choices. The first case of COVID-19 in India was reported on 30th January 2020. As of 12^th June 2020, India has the second-highest number of confirmed cases in the world, with 29.3million reported cases and the third-highest number of COVID-19 death at 3,67,081. The world health organization (WHO) declared a public health emergency on 30^th Jan 2020 and a pandemic on 11^th Mar 2020. The state of Tamil Nadu has the highest no. of new cases (30,016), followed by Kerala (25,513) and Karnataka (20,628). Tamil Nadu recorded its first death in Madurai. Objectives: The current study establishes the relationship between social health determinants, essential non-pharmaceutical intervention, and pharmaceutical intervention to the level of awareness on preventive measures for COVID-19. Methods: A qualitative study was conducted using a descriptive cross-sectional survey in an adult population aged 22 to 65 in a rural area of Thoopur village, Madurai district. Results: Data was collected on (social distancing, the importance of masks, hand washing, sanitizer and vaccination from 50 samples using a structured knowledge questionnaire on preventive measures for COVID-19. Most samples (84%) exhibited inadequate awareness, whereas only 16% of samples had moderately adequate awareness. Significant associations between the level of awareness and demographic variables such as gender, age, marital status, and religion are identified. The variables collected on social distancing variables - knowledge on social distancing (in feet) and mask use were highly related to the total awareness measured, followed by hand washing and sanitation attributes on the use of alcohol-based sanitizer and use of methanol-based sanitizers.

Background: A patient's life is profoundly impacted by both receiving a cancer diagnosis and undergoing treatment. Following surgical therapy for oral squamous cell carcinoma, a basic deterioration in quality of life occurs as a result of limited functions and overall well-being in the early postoperative stages. Objective: The study aimed to evaluate the impacts of comprehensive nursing interventions on postoperative quality of life among patients with oral cancer. Methodology: In this study, 260 patients with oral cancer who were cognitively normal and had undergone surgery within 2022-2024 were enrolled. The study group was divided into experimental and control groups. Following the nursing intervention, each patient completed the Head and Neck Cancer Quality of Life Scale, a demographic questionnaire from the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC QLQ-C30). Results: Among the sociodemographic variables, there was a statistically significant difference in terms of cancer stage (p<0.03). The experimental group experienced a significant increase in their quality of life (p<0.01) compared to the control group. There were significant improvements in the mean quality of life scores in nearly each domain compared to the control group. Conclusions: In summary, the overall nursing intervention following oral cancer surgery is successful in reducing the patient's emotional burden, pain level and risk of complications while also improving the patient's quality of life.It is recommended because it can enhance patients' appreciation of nursing care and serve as a great clinical nursing solution.

Contraceptive provide women with a safe and effective means to avoid unwanted  pregnancies or pregnancies that may place their health at risk these pregnancies may have serious consequences including  illness disability and even death. Objective: The current study was undertaken toassess the knowledge regarding emergency contraceptive among child bearing aged women. Materials and Method: The research approach used for the study was Quantative approach and research design was descriptive research design. Total 60 child bearing aged women enrolled by non-probability purposive sampling technique, 30 in each in rural an urban area. A self-structured questionnaire was used to collect the data which consist of 09 socio-demographic and 20 multiple choice questions. Findings: The major findings of the study were out of 60 child bearing aged women. In urban area 60% had good knowledge, 26.6% had average knowledge 13.3% had poor knowledge regarding emergency contraceptive. Where as in rural area 33.3% had good knowledge, 26.6% had average knowledge and 40% poor knowledge regarding emergency contraceptive. Conclusion: The study concluded that knowledge of child bearing age women’sin urban area is more than rural area regarding emergency contraceptive. So planned educational programme need to be conducted to improve the knowledge regarding emergency contraceptive.

Nurses are at the highest risk of developing occupational dermatoses among health workers (HCWs) owing to their risk of exposure to chemicals, infectious material, wet work and prolonged standing. Previous studies conducted so far among HCWs have concentrated only on occupational dermatoses, particularly on contact dermatitis. This study unravels other occupational and non-occupational dermatoses among the nurses. Aims and objectives: The aim of the study is to determine the various dermatoses and their prevalence among staff nurses, along with their risk factors. Settings and Design: A cross-sectional observational study was conducted over 18 months, after taking approval from the institutional ethics committee. Methods and Material: Out of a total of 725 nurses at the hospital, 697 staff nurses were examined and 250 were found to have dermatoses and included in the study. Results: Non-occupational dermatoses (37%) were more common than occupational (21.8%). Surprisingly, against previously reported, “maskne” (43.9%) was the most common of occupational dermatoses followed by hand eczema (30.3%) of which Irritant Contact Dermatitis was more common than Allergic Contact Dermatitis. Eczema was also found to be strongly associated with the duration of wet work and soap and water exposure. Melasma (22.3%) was the most common among non-occupational dermatoses. Additionally, we detected telangiectasias and reticular veins with high prevalence among nurses (20% of overlap dermatoses) along with callosities and corn (13.6% of overlap dermatoses), which are more likely occupationally-related than not at all and thus should be considered as occupational risks in nurses. Conclusion: The description and detection of not only occupational, but also non-occupational dermatoses can help educate nurses on the prevalence and risk factors of the various dermatoses among the group and encourage practicing preventive strategies.

A quantitative study was carried out in one of the hospitals at Kanyakumari Dist, Tamil Nadu, South India to assess the burnout (stress level) among nurses. Samples of 60 nurses who are working in the hospital were selected by random sampling. Maslach burnout inventory was used for survey and a self-administered questionnaire was used for focus group discussion to assess the stress level among nurses. The subjects were classified into three groups. Degree of burnout is measured by Occupational exhaustion EE < 17 Low degree, EE 18-29 Moderate degree, EE > 30 High degree. Depersonalisation DP < 5 Low degree, DP 6-11 Moderate degree, DP > 12 High degree. Personal accomplishment assessment PA < 33 Low degree PA 34-39 Moderate degree, PA > 40 High degree. 84% of samples are having low in personal accomplishment which is not good sign. There is a significant association between the stress level score and the selected demographic variable which is place of posting that is general ward or Intensive care unit (ICU).