BACKGROUND: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic could increase stress which will impact the student’s achievement during the pandemic situation. AIM: The purpose of the study was to analyze stress among Indonesian nursing students’ after giving the interventions of behavioral activation (BA), mindfulness exercises (ME), and loving-kindness meditation exercise (LKME) during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: This study was a quasi-experimental study with a one-group pre-test-post-test design. Data collection has been conducted in 4 weeks’ period on April–May 2021 using consecutive sampling. The sample of this study was 83 respondents in Level II of Indonesian nursing students at Stikes Kesdam IV/Diponegoro who have fulfilled the inclusion criteria. The instrument used was the Perceived Stress Scale. RESULTS: The majority of respondents are women, namely, 64 respondents (77.1%). After being given the intervention of BA, ME, and LKME, respondents decreased their stress with a mean of 16.66 became 14.76. The dependent t-test showed that the p value was 0.000 (p < 0.05), which means that there was a significance difference in stress pre- and post-intervention. The mean difference was 1.90 and the paired difference t-test was 0.000 (p < 0.05). CONCLUSION: BA, MEs, and LKME are recommended as stress coping mechanisms for Indonesian nursing students during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Gouty arthritis is a disease caused by a buildup of uric acid in the joints of the body. Gouty arthritis that is not treated effectively can develop into chronic gout, form tofus, and can lead to severe kidney function impairment, and decreased quality of life. The purpose of the case study was to describe the application of foot soak therapy with warm ginger water to reduce pain in gout arthritis patients at Mungkid Public Health Center, Magelang Regency. This type of research is descriptive using a case study approach. The subjects in this study were two patients diagnosed with gouty arthritis. Data collection was carried out by observing pain scales in patients based on Standard Operating Procedures for measuring patient pain scales before and after warm ginger foot soak therapy. The results of the case study showed that after the implementation of diabetic foot exercises, it was found that there was a decrease in pain levels in subjects I and II. In subject I there was a decrease in the pain scale from a pain scale of 8 (severe) to a mild scale of 3 and in subject II there was a decrease in the pain scale of 7 (moderate) to a scale of 2 (mild). The conclusion of the case study is that the application of foot bath therapy with warm ginger water is effective in reducing pain levels in gouty arthritis patients. Recommendations need to apply foot soak therapy with warm ginger water to reduce pain levels in patients with diabetes arthritis gout.