Background: Studies have shown that resilience has a buffering effect on mental health problems. However, the influence of resilience on the impact on the Quality of Life (QoL) in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic has not been well documented.Objective: This study examined the influence of resilience on the COVID-19 impact on QoL among nursing students.Methods: A cross-sectional research design was utilized. Three hundred and forty-five students of a government-funded nursing school in the Philippines responded in the web-based survey. Data were gathered using two adopted instruments from 18 to 31 August 2020. Test for differences and correlational analyses were performed.Results: The COVID-19 pandemic had a moderate impact on the QoL of nursing students. The COVID-19 impact on QoL significantly varied with sex and the nearby presence of COVID-19 cases. Bivariate analysis revealed a significant moderate inverse relationship between psychological resilience and the impact of COVID-19 on QoL.Conclusion: Resilience has a protective influence on the impact on QoL concerning main areas of mental health in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Understanding the factors and developing interventions that build the resilience of students is a focal point of action for nursing schools.

Employment among nurses is one of the most sensationalized problems in the Philippines nowadays. Oversupply of fresh graduates and undersupply of experienced nurses is evident. The study aimed to determine the employment pattern of nursing graduates of Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology in terms of their profile, professional information, and employment information of graduates of the said Higher Education Institution. The descriptive method of research was used in this study with the questionnaire as the main tool for data gathering. The data gathered were statistically treated, analyzed and interpreted. The study revealed that out of 1,047 respondents, 429 or 40.97% were employed; 284 or 27.13%, unemployed; 192 or 18.34%, underemployed; 136 or 12.99 were nurse trainee/volunteer and 6 or 0.57% were self-employed. It can be concluded that majority of nursing graduates was working in line with their course/profession and only few worked in non-hospital setting. Keywords: Social Science; Employment Pattern; descriptive-survey; Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija, Philippines

Child care is considered as an integral part of society’s health. This study was conducted to determine the child care practices of households with very low socio-economic status in Singalat, Palayan City, Nueva Ecija, Philippines. The researcher utilized the descriptive method of research coupled with questionnaire as a tool for data gathering. The respondents were chosen by means of purposive sampling technique and the data gathered were treated with frequency and percentage distribution, weighted mean and Pearson Product Moment Correlation. The results showed that the respondents were living in a mixed neighborhood; houses were built in light and cheap materials, poorly constructed, unpainted and dilapidated. The majority of the household heads were unskilled workers while some were employed as blue collar workers or engaged in manual labor that receives an hourly rate of pay, high school graduates with 0-1 or few facilities with monthly family income of P1,000.00      (23 USD) and below. The socio-economic classification of the respondents falls under E or “very low socio-economic classification” with a score of 7-14 based on MORES-SEC Classification of Households. Child care practices in terms of nutrition, hygiene, disease prevention and health restoration were “very often accomplished” by the respondents. The “occupation” of household heads plays a vital role in the delivery of child care among the family respondents. Occupation means income, while income would mean food, shelter, clothing, medicine or health and other basic necessities of a growing child. Keywords—Social Science, child care practices, socio-economic status, descriptive-survey, Nueva Ecija, Philippines

Background Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a chronic multisystem disease related to abnormal insulin production, impaired insulin utilization, or both. Despite of the progress in synthetic chemistry and biotechnology, plants are still an indispensable source of medicinal preparations both preventive and curative. In the Philippines, over 1,020 medicinal plants were documented and ten among those were recommended by the DOH, unfortunately, Sesbaniagrandiflora (L.) Pers (Katuray) is not included among the ten medicinal plants recommended. Further, there is no specific basis that will justify the medicinal use of Sesbaniagrandiflora (L.) Persflowers in the treatment of diabetes. Objectives This study aimed to investigate the hypoglycemic activity of the Aqueous Extract of Sesbaniagrandiflora(L.) Pers (Katuray) flowers among nonhuman primates (Philippine Macaque/MacacafascicularisPhilippinensis) which is said to have a close genetic relationship to human. Methods The researchers utilized the true experimental research. Four MacacafascicularisPhilippinensis served as the subjects of the study. The test animals were induced with Alloxan Monohydrate that causes hyperglycemia. Baseline data of RBS, FBS and HbA1c was taken prior to the induction of Alloxan Monohydrate. Blood glucose monitoring was done for the period of 1 week.Administration of Insulin and tea fractionate (Aqueous Extract) of SesbaniaGrandiflora(L.) Pers(Katuray) flowers were done on the 4th day where the highest RBS was noted. Blood samples were obtained from the saphenous and cephalic veins of the non-anesthetized subjects. The blood samples were sent to the laboratory for analysis and interpretation. The data were clinically interpreted based on the normal values of the laboratory tests conducted.