The present study was carried out to evaluate the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy on depression among depressive clients in selected psychiatric homes at Kovilpatti. The adapted conceptual framework in this study was based on widen aches helping art of clinical Nursing theory. The study used a quasi-experimental study of nonrandomized control group design. A total group 60 depressive clients from two psychiatric homes were included as experimental group (n=30) and control group (n=30) through purposive sampling technique. The tool used for data collection was Beck’s depression inventory. The study findings proved that there is a significant decrease in the level of depression in the experimental group. Hence the present study concluded that ACT (Acceptance and Commitment therapy) is an effective intervention in reducing the depression among depressive clients.

The present article explore about the stress of nurses facing in the work place especially in the health care setting. Every day nurses face lots of stress and obstacle and over come the stress is the major challenge for them. Due to stress nurses face harmful effect both physically and mentally. It is very essential to minimize the stress and enhance or boost up our internal strength to eliminate it from our carrier. Nurses can adopt various technique to relax herself, whenever she feel stress. In this article we can see about stress and its effects and the way to over come it in detailed manner.