12th May is the birthday of Florence Nightinagle and is celebrated as International Nurse Day every year. Hence an awareness program was conducted for the nurses and the trainees of the Can Stop organisation at Madhavaram on 12th May, 2018 to raise awareness regarding the right to health of the patients and the nurses. The nurses were enlightened, using videos, about how to prevent needle stick injuries in the clinical set up. Also, oral hygiene instructions were demonstrated to them .At the end of the program toothbrushes and toothpastes were distributed to them.