Vice Principal | Professor
Ph.D | M.Sc
BIO-DATA
Dr. SANTHI. S, M.Sc., PhD. (Nursing) is working as a Professor and Vice-principal of Sri Ramachandra Faculty of Nursing, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research (DU). She started her professional journey as a staff nurse at St. Joseph Hospital, Dindigul from 1991 to 1993 followed by an appointment with Saveetha College of Nursing, Saveetha Dental College, and hospitals and served as various designations as Clinical Instructor, Asst. Professor and Assoc. Professor as an academician from 1993 to 2003 the Institution was good enough to sponsor her for post-graduation in Psychiatric Nursing from 1997-1999. She has united with Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research (DU) from 2003 onwards and was awarded a PhD in 2013.
She encourages the students to participate in curricular, co-curricular, and extracurricular activities to develop an all-round personality among them. She is serving as an examiner in the recognized universities in the southern part of India. Organized and Presented papers at national and international conferences, symposiums, seminars, workshops, faculty development programs, and panel discussions. She is a resource person in national and international conferences, symposiums, seminars, workshops, faculty development programs, and panel discussions. She is serving as a member of the university and college committees and the perusal committee in TNNMC.
She visited the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, USA in 2007 as part of a faculty exchange program of memorandum of understanding between the Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research (DU) and the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, USA.
She organized a national-level conference with the ICMR funded support in 2016 and was awarded the “Beyond the Global award” as a Co-investigator in the International funded project in 2017 by the Department of Haemato oncology, SRU by Dana-Farber/Boston Children Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Boston.
Served as Executive and contributory editorial board members in the editorial board member Journal of Mental Health Nursing, ISSN No. 2322-0252, Tamilnadu Nurses & Midwives Council from 2013 to 2017.
Invited as Academic Auditor to conduct Academic Audit as part of National Assessment and Academic Council -2019 and appointed as Adjunct/Visiting faculty in dept of mental health Nursing -2018, Saveetha College of Nursing, SIMATS, Thandalam, Chennai. Guiding PhD scholars in SRIHER(DU) and serving as external experts in reputed universities.
She has been recognized as Ad-Hoc Inspectors by Indian Nursing Council from 1999 to till date, Annual inspection, by Tami Nadu DR.M.G.R Medical University 2000-2002, and by Tami Nadu Nurses and Midwives Council from 2009 to till date.
Psychological morbidity on various population in the clinical and community with Nursing strategies. Complementary therapy and psycho-oncology. Neuro psychiatric nursing.
Alcohol is strongly associated with a wide range of mental health problems. Depression, anxiety and self-harm are commonly associated with excessive alcohol consumption. World Health Organization (WHO) reported that the highest increase in alcohol consumption is expected in South-East Asia, with an increase of 2.2 litres in India alone, from 2005 to 2016.More than 3 million people died as a result of harmful use of alcohol in 2016. Henrion, R. (2002). Presented a 7-step logoanalysis protocol for alcohol dependence disorders. The use of logotherapy with military veterans diagnosed with alcoholism is also discussed. The program is composed of 3 phases: didactic content, realistic and workable exercises, and logo-psychotherapeutic sessions. Sessions are scheduled for 1.5 hrs, twice weekly, for 4 wks. The 7 steps of the logoanalysis protocol consist of the following clinical interventions: choosing a view of life, loss and grief, developing self-confidence, creative thinking, initiating meaningful encounters, dereflection, and commitment. Hong ,F.(2002) found that Serum IL-6 levels were significantly elevated in chronic ethanol feeding mice. Bradsaw, S.D(2017) said that Levels of hope positively correlated with activation in the right dorsomedial prefrontal cortex (DMPFC) in response to alcohol cues. This finding was unique to alcohol cues. The study title was Effectiveness of Logo-therapy on Bio-Psycho-Social parameters in patients with Alcohol Dependence Syndrome admitted in Psychiatric Ward. The objectives of the study were assess the depression, anxiety and hope among patients with Alcohol dependence syndrome between the study and the control during pretest , Identify the Interleukin-6 value between the study and the control groups during pretest, Implement the intervention in eight sessions with each of 45 minutes duration in the study group, assess the level of depression, anxiety and hope among patients with Alcohol dependence syndrome syndrome between the study and the control during post test, Identify the Interleukin-6 value between the study and the control groups during post test and Prepare pamphlet on logo therapy for patients with alcohol dependence. The design was Quasi experimental design.
Assessment of occupational stress and its impact on Salivary Cortisol and Resilience among Nurses working in selected tertiary care Hospitals. Occupational stress is one of the most important factors in physical and psychological complications in personnel and reduction of the productivity of organizations (Bartlett, et al. 2016). Resilience is the ability of successful adaptation to threatening conditions (Deldar, et al. 2018). Morning salivary cortisol concentration is better correlated with professional stress scale and the result raises the possibility of using a single morning salivary cortisol sample to reflect self-perceived stress (Yang. Y. ,et al.2002). Female nurses with a high level of education ,position and no night shifts had high resilience(Ren, et al. 2018).Excessive working pressure, lack of personal protective equipment, extensive media coverage, lack of pharmacotherapy, and lack of adequate support are all factors that impose an increasing psychological burden on health care workers, especially nurses, so that they show symptoms such as depression, insomnia, anxiety and severe stress ( Kim., 2018). The objectives of the study were Assess the Nurse’s occupational stressor and Resilience among nursing personnel working in the selected tertiary hospitals, Estimate the stress through salivary cortisol of nursing personnel working in the selected tertiary hospitals Correlate the occupational stress with level of cortisol and resilience among nurses, Associate the level of cortisol and resilience with selected demographic variables and Identify the factors influencing the level of stress among nursing personnel working in the selected tertiary hospitals. The research design a quantitative cross-sectional survey method. The present study will identify the nurses stress level with biomarker using nurses’ occupation stress tool and to know their the level of resilience will help them to adapt in the difficult situation and provide quality patient care. Nurses can challenge the demands in health care settings and improve the work productivity.
Blending cure with care “Elderly Depression”: An Holistic Perspective
In modern society, enforced retirement may act to power the older people. The elderly are viewed as less energetic and less valuable by potential employers. This attitude serves as a social divide between the young and old and can prevent older men and women from fully participating in social, political, economic, cultural, spiritual, civic and other activities .These factors make the elderly more prone to psychological problems. Even though depression is the commonest psychiatric disorder in the elderly, it is often misdiagnosed and under-treated. People with depression suffer from impairment of all major areas of functioning, for instance, personal care, family responsibilities, and social, occupational capabilities. Elderly people tend to be less healthy physically, and are more socially withdrawn. They are less satisfied with the manner in which they handle their problems and social life . People with depression suffer overly from various medical disorders and die prematurely. Let us join our hands together in controlling at least not curbing this menace which has actually taken the form of an epidemic in our country. We would like to empower and enlighten the nurses and nursing students of India regarding this area of mental health which go severely unnoticed in our country so as to make our country a better place to dwell for the elderly people. Need of the hour is to develop a proactive approach in mass detection of such cases in the community and provide them care with a humane touch of love and affection. Holism needs to be practiced in actions and deeds and just not merely limited to paper work and lip service !
2017- Received “Beyond the Global award” as Co-investigator in the International funded project by the department of Haemato Oncology, SRU, and Dana-Farber/Boston Children Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Boston. The title was “ENCOURAGE – Empowering Nurses for Care of Cancer Children in Underserved Areas with Purpose-guided Education.”
2021- Received Teaching Team Excellence award from Nursing Education Unit, SRIHER(DU)
Felicitated for twenty years of service in Sri Ramachandra Faculty of Nursing t SRIHER(DU) on 20.09.2023
Best research paper awarded during XV International Nurses Conference by Indian Society Psychiatric Nurses, BENGALURU on 04.11.2021
2004 Present : Life member of the Tamilnadu Nurses Association of India,
Reg. No. 130912.
1997 Present : Life member of the Indian Society of Psychiatric Nurses (I.S.P.N)
Reg. No. 129.