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Abstract Maternal and child health is a crucial component of the healthcare system in any country, and providing quality nursing care during childbirth is an essential part of ensuring good health outcomes for both the mother and the baby. This study aims to explore the effects of implementing holistic nursing interventions on the quality of nursing care in the labor room of a selected hospital in Kerala. The study design used was quasi-experimental pretest-posttest design. The study was conducted in the labour room of Baby memorial hospital in Kerala. Total enumeration sampling was used for subject selection and the study included all registered nurses (24 nurses) who were working in the labour room of Baby memorial hospital. Data collected using a structured questionnaire to assess the knowledge about holistic nursing interventions and an observation checklist to assess the quality care in labour. The result indicated that there was a significant difference in the mean knowledge score (t=15.000, p< 0.001) in the pretest and post test among nurses in labour room and also there was significant difference in quality care in labour room (t=77.097, p< 0.001) before and after implementation of HNI in labour room.