The aim of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of Heartfulness meditation technique on reduction of stress among Nursing college students, Bhopal. The study was conducted by adopting a one group pre and post test design. 60 nursing students who fulfilled the inclusion criteria were selected by using Non-probability convenient sampling technique. The study was conducted in L.N. Nursing college, Bhopal, M.P. With the ethical consideration, pre assessment of stress level has been done among nursing college students. Heartfulness meditation has been practiced for 14 consecutive days and post test was conducted after 14 days. The analysis of the study depicts that heartfullness meditation is more effective in reduction of stress among nursing college students at p< 0.05 level.

Aim: The aim of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of foot reexology on the levels of fatigue, quality of sleep, and quality of life among primi post-cesarean mothers. Experimental design (pre-test and post-test only) was used in the study. The samples wereDesign: Methods: selected by using a simple random sampling technique by adopting the lottery method (without replacement) at the Sapra Multispeciality Hospital, Haryana. The data was collected by using a self-structured questionnaire on the Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS), the Groningen Sleep Quality Scale (GSQS), and the World Health Organization Quality of Life Scale (WHO-QOL-100). The foot reexology was performed among primi post- cesarean mothers in the experimental group for 30 minutes (15 minutes on each foot) twice a day for 5 consecutive days in the morning at 10 am and in the evening at 3.30 pm, whereas the control group received routine postnatal care. The obtained paired 't' value of fatigue, quality ofResults: sleep, quality of life (11.56), (5.75), (5.01) in the experimental group, and (4.14), (2.44), (2.44) in the control group which indicates there were signicant changes in fatigue, quality of sleep, and quality of life in the experimental group, and there was no association between demographic variables like age, sex, qualication, experience, and source of knowledge (p<0.05), along with the obtained post-test correlation, which shows a negative correlation between fatigue and sleep and a positive correlation between the quality of sleep and quality of life in the experimental group. Conclusion: The results showed that foot reexology reduced the level of fatigue and improved the quality of sleep and quality of life among primi post-cesarean mothers in the experimental group, which will help the nurses implement it in the hospitals.

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