Emotional Consequences of Burn Nursing: A Phenomenological Approach.

Nurses face various emotional challenges while providing care to burn patients. An existential-phenomenological approach was utilized to gain an insight into the emotional experiences of burn nurses. The semi-structured interviews were audio recorded with twenty-two burn nurses and analyzed with Colaizzi's phenomenological method.

Testing the waters: A pilot trial of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) for alcohol use disorder.

Background: Psychosocial interventions help maintain alcohol abstinence. Third-wave psychotherapies have emerged as an alternative to cognitive behavioral therapies for Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) treatment. However, third-wave therapies have not been tested in non-western settings or via telehealth.

The Psychological Morbidity among Health Care Workers During the Early Phase of Covid-19 Pandemic in India: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Across India, there have been multiple studies conducted to address the issues of the mental health of healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The present study estimated the pooled prevalence of psychological morbidity among healthcare workers during the early phase of the COVID 19 pandemic in India. We searched the following electronic bibliographic databases: PubMed, ScienceDirect, Wiley online library, and Google scholar for studies conducted from the onset of the COVID 19 pandemic until 25 September 2021.

Reporting adverse events of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 coronavirus vaccine (Recombinant) among the vaccinated healthcare professionals: A cross-sectional survey.

Background & Objectives: The safety of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine is a cause of concern for many who have been vaccinated. The people have multiple concerns and fear regarding the adverse events of the vaccine. Thus, this study was undertaken to establish the safety profile of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 Corona Virus Vaccine (Recombinant) among the healthcare professionals.

Acceptance and Preparedness to be COVID Warriors: Self Narratives of Frontline Nurses of a Tertiary Care Center.

Aim: Aim of this study is to gain insight into how frontline nurses accepted and prepared themselves before COVID posting.

Methods: It is a qualitative and phenomenological study design. Eighteen in-depth interviews were conducted with the nurses who provided care to confirmed COVID 19 patients in a tertiary hospital of North India from September to November 2020.

Attitude and Perception of Nursing Personnel Involved in Real Time Remote Audio-Visual Aided (RT-RAVA) Monitoring of Doffing for the Prevention of Covid-19 Infection among the Health Care Workers.

The study was carried out to explore the attitude and perception of observers involved in monitoring of doffing through Real Time Remote Audio-Visual aided (RT-RAVA), the first well-sophisticated surveillance system. A 21-item online-survey proforma was used to collect the data amongst 150 nursing personnel. 3/4 of the participants strongly agreed that they helped in reducing the doffing errors through RT-RAVA doffing.

Occupational Stress- Addressing Woes of the Nurses in a Burn Unit.

Occupational stress can leave the nurses drained while caring for patients in the burn unit. This existential-phenomenological study aimed to explore burn unit nurses' lived experiences of occupational stressors and organizational support. Twenty-two nurses working in the burn unit were interviewed.

Feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of internet-mediated 'relapse prevention therapy' for patients with alcohol use disorder: A pilot study.

Introduction: To assess the feasibility, acceptability and preliminary effectiveness of synchronous internet-mediated relapse prevention therapy (i-RPT) in alcohol use disorder.

Methods: This was a pilot, quasi-experimental study. Thirty-two adult men with alcohol use disorder were recruited through purposive sampling from an outpatient setting.

Performance of Health Care Workers in Doffing of Personal Protective Equipment Using Real-Time Remote Audio-Visual Doffing Surveillance System: Its Implications for Bio-Safety Amid COVID-19 Pandemic.

Background Very little has been reported about health care workers' (HCWs) adherence to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines of doffing personal protective equipment (PPE) amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Real-time remote audio-visual doffing surveillance (RADS) system for assisting doffing might reduce the risk of self-contamination. We used this system to determine the incidence of the breach in biosafety during doffing of PPE among HCWs involved in the care of Covid-19 patients.

Randomized Controlled Trial on the Promotion of Sexual Health Using "Self-Care Interventional Package" in Men Who have Sex with Men.

Purpose: Men who have sex with men (MSM) is a vulnerable group, who have been neglected and discriminated. Such discrimination decreases their access to health care and increases the spread of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

Aims And Objective: The objective is to evaluate the effectiveness of "self-care interventional package" on the promotion of sexual health, among MSM.

Nurse-Delivered Screening and Brief Intervention Among College Students with Hazardous Alcohol Use: A Double-Blind Randomized Clinical Trial from India.

Aim: To determine the effectiveness of individual-based, nurse-delivered, on-campus screening and brief intervention (SBI) for hazardous alcohol use among college students.

Methods: It was a parallel-design, double-blind, randomized controlled trial. Out of 793 students screened, 130 met the selection criteria of hazardous alcohol use, defined by alcohol use disorder identification test (AUDIT) score 8-19.

Effectiveness of an Interventional Package on the Level of Anxiety, Depression, and Fatigue among Patients with Cervical Cancer.

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of interventional package on the level of anxiety, depression, and fatigue.

Methods: The study was conducted in room no. 5, first floor, B Block, Department of Radiotherapy, Nehru Hospital, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh Quasi experimental pretest-posttest design was used in the study.

Using the first drop of blood for monitoring blood glucose values in critically ill patients: An observational study.

Context: Using the first drop or second drop of blood while measuring blood glucose (BG) values.

Objective: The study was planned to compare the BG values from the first and second drops of blood.

Research Settings: The study was conducted at the Main Intensive Care Unit, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India.