Background: In the COVID-19 pandemic, the healthcare system faced unprecedented challenges with increased number of patients and limited resources. Managing nursing resource was a major challenge for hospital administration. They had to be on the frontline, but their safety was of paramount importance.Aim: This study aims to analyze the measures taken for the management and effective engagement of nursing personnel for deployment in the COVID area of the hospital and the exemption trend based on their health status.Methodology: A retrospective cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out to analyze the requests of nursing staff received for exemption of duty in COVID patient care areas. These requests were categorized and examined by the medical board constituted for this purpose. Microsoft Excel was used to interpret the results.Results: The study evaluated the health reasons of nursing officers on the basis of which exemption was given for deployment of nursing officers in COVID areas. They were mostly medical reasons (91.1%) and few personal reasons (8.77%). The majority suffered from diseases affecting two or more than two specialties. Out of 376 applications, 223 were exempted, 81 were not exempted, 13 were given short-term exemption, and 26 were shifted to administrative assignments. Thirty-three staff members were referred to an appropriate forum.

During the covid 19 pandemic, management of nursing resource which forms the crux of patient care emerged as one of the major challenges amongst many. The strategies for staff mobilization, redeployment and recruitment, along with laying down standard operating procedures evolved as the pandemic progressed. The safety of the staff has to be a major focus area. Guidelines for covid duty exemption, orientation and training of staff must be drafted, reviewed and revised as required. Issues related to accommodation, psychosocial support and wellbeing have to be addressed. It is very important to adapt to the ever changing needs for nursing resource and be vigilant for emerging issues for an effective response to the pandemic.

Objective There is increasing public awareness about medical science and practicing it within the legal and ethical ambit today, needs continuous updation about the laws applicable to hospitals. Realising the need, a workshop focussing on the more commonly practiced laws applicable to hospitals was organized. This study was conducted to assess the satisfaction and knowledge gain of the delegates and to improve future training programs. Materials and method Participant satisfaction survey and prepost knowledge assessment surveys were conducted. Data analysis was done by using Likert scale and SPSS, by comparing differences in mean scores between before and after. Results The study revealed that amongst 65 delegates, 38.5% were in the age group of 50- 60 years with 76.9% males. The delegates comprised of senior functionaries including Medical Superintendents (15.5%) Joint, Assistant and Deputy Directors, (7.6%), Chief Medical Officers(13.8%) etc. The overall Experience was rated as very good by 66% delegates. The pre post tests depicted the overall gain in the post test knowledge score as 78.3% with highly significant p values. Conclusion The public is very aware and knowledgeable about health related matters. It is thus essential for health and hospital administrators to keep themselves updated. This CME was organized with this objective and resulted in 78% improved knowledge score of the participants.