Background: Urinary tract infection is an infection due to the proliferation of microorganisms in the urinary tract. The prevalence of urinary tract infection in Indonesia is still quite high, in Indonesia, out of 200 children evaluated, 33% of males and 67% of females suffered from UTI. The impact of UTI can affect various aspects of the patient's life, some of the affected aspects include phy…
Background: Schizophrenia is a chronic severe mental disorder that significanly impairs a person's ability to function, character by the presence of psychotic symptoms. A key issue in schizophrenia is impaired sensory preception, which often involves hallucinations. One approach to managing sensory preception disturbances, particulary hallucinations, is through drawing based occupational therap…
Background: Changes and adjustments that occur during pregnancy often cause discomfort for pregnant women. This discomfort varies in each trimester, and a common complaint experienced by third-trimester pregnant women is back pain. If left untreated, continuous back pain can lead to other issues, such as discomfort and disrupted sleep patterns. One non-pharmacological therapy that can be used t…
Background: The percentage of pneumonia in children in Indonesia in 2021 was 31.4%. The problem often experienced by children with pneumonia is ineffective airway clearance. Chest physiotherapy is one of the non-pharmacological therapies that can be applied to overcome ineffective airway clearance. Chest physiotherapy is a sputum removal action that is carried out so that there is no accumulati…
Background: Anemia is a common nutritional problem, especially in adolescent girls, which can negatively impact in quality of life and long-term health. Objective: This study aims to determine the effect of nutrition education using booklets media on the level of knowledge and attitudes about anemia in adolescent patients at Dr. Mohammad Hoesin Hospital of Palembang. Methods: The study used a q…
Background: Sectio caesarea is a surgical procedure involving an incision in the abdominal wall and uterus, which causes pain. This pain interferes with maternal activities and hinders mother-infant bonding (bonding attachment), consequently delaying wound healing and uterine involution in post-sectio caesarea mothers. The main nursing problem in sectio caesarea patients is acute pain, which re…
Background: Fractures in children often cause acute pain that affects both physical and emotional conditions. Non-pharmacological pain management, such as disctraction techniques, is considered a safe and effective approach. The fidget spinner, a simple spinning toy, serves as a distraction tool that can help divert childrens attention away from pain sensations. Objective: to determine the effe…
Background: Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is a sub-type of stroke that occurs due to the formation of a hematoma in the brain parenchyma with or without expansion of blood into the ventricles. Non-traumatic ICH accounts for 10-15% of all strokes and is associated with high morbidity and mortality (Ziai & Carhuapoma, 2018). Hemodynamic instability can be an indication of cardiovascular problems…
Background: One of the most common causes of neonatal death is low birth weight (LBW) babies. LBW babies have a greater risk of experiencing neonatal death compared to babies born with normal weight. This condition requires management to prevent complications, one of which is the kangaroo mother care (KMC) method of nursing. Objective: To describe nursing care for LBW children by providing evid…
Progressive pain in cervical cancer patients can affect the patient's quality of life in physical and psychological aspects. Interventions that can help cervical cancer patients adapt to pain include providing non-pharmacological techniques in the form of applying lavender aromatherapy and progressive muscle relaxation. The aimed of this final scientific work was to provide nursing care to cerv…
Background: People with mental disorders not only face challenges from condition that they experience, but also have to bear the social burden of negative stigma, such as rejection, avoidance, and even physical violence that arise due to society's misconceptions about mental disorders. One treatment option for patients with hallucinations is gardening therapy. The gardening therapy aims to mini…
Background: Mental disorders are conditions in which individuals experience significant changes in mood, thoughts, and behavior that can affect social, professional, or daily functioning. Depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder are among the common types of mental disorders. One of the symptoms of mental disorders is low self-esteem, where the inability to perform one’s role …
Background: Families are practical and real form of support, including instrumental, emotional, informational, and informative support. One common health problem in families is high blood pressure, or hypertension. Complementary therapies that can be provided to patients with hypertension include point acupressure and foot massage. Objective: To provide an overview of nursing care for family me…
Introduction: Mental health disorders are a problem that needs to be recognized early. Mental health disorders are caused by an individual's inability to manage the stress experienced. Mental health disorders have an impact on a person's behavior and condition in endangering themselves, others, and disrupting individual interactions with others. One of the maladaptive behaviors that occur in pe…
Introduction: The elderly are at risk of hypertension because as they age, the elasticity of blood vessels decreases. The decreased flexibility of blood vessels causes an increase in blood flow resistance which will result in increased blood pressure. In addition, the elderly rarely do physical activity so that it can worsen blood pressure and increase blood pressure. Physical activity therapy …
Background: Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in the world and the colorectal cancer is the one that develops in the colon, which is the final part of the digestive tract. The most effective management of colon cancer is surgery, yet it will cause major injuries, long healing, ongoing treatment, and risk complications. Collaboration of pharmacological therapy with nonpharmacological …
Latar belakang: Salah satu komplikasi utama Chronic Kidney Disease yaitu hipervolemia akibat penurunan fungsi ginjal dan rendahnya kadar albumin yang menyebabkan edema pada anggota tubuh. Kondisi ini dapat menimbulkan ketidaknyamanan, penurunan mobilitas, serta mengganggu aktivitas sehari-hari. Salah satu tatalaksana nonfarmakologis untuk mengurangi edema yaitu terapi kombinasi foot massage dan…
Mual yang muncul setelah kemoterapi tidak hanya menurunkan kenyamanan pasien, tetapi juga memengaruhi kualitas hidup serta status gizi. Terapi farmakologis belum optimal mengatasi mual dan muntah pada fase tertunda karena durasi kerjanya hanya 3–6 jam, sehingga diperlukan intervensi nonfarmakologis seperti hipnosis lima jari dengan kombinasi aromaterapi lemon sebagai terapi pendukung untuk me…
Latar Belakang: Penanganan kanker ovarium umumnya dilakukan melalui operasi, kemoterapi, dan radioterapi. Efek samping kemoterapi yang sering muncul adalah mual, muntah, kelelahan, dan kecemasan. Terapi non-nonfarmakologis seperti aromaterapi jahe lemon dan relaksasi autogenik dapat digunakan untuk membantu mengurangi mual muntah pasca kemoterapi serta meningkatkan kenyamanan dan relaksasi pasi…
Background: The high prevalence of schizophrenia is a serious health problem in Indonesia, especially with typical symptoms in the form of auditory hallucinations. Auditory hallucinations are a condition when an individual perceives sound stimuli that are not actually there. Non-pharmacological management of auditory hallucinations can be done through occupational therapy, namely handicraftt by…
Latar belakang: Hipertensi merupakan penyakit kronis yang banyak dialami lansia dan menjadi penyebab utama kematian di dunia. Keluhan yang sering muncul meliputi nyeri tengkuk, pusing, dan ketegangan otot akibat peningkatan tekanan darah. Upaya penatalaksanaan dapat dilakukan secara nonfarmakologis, salah satunya melalui kombinasi kompres hangat dan massage tengkuk yang berfungsi memperlancar s…
Post sectio caesarea patients generally experience complaints of pain which if not treated immediately can have an impact on anxiety, fear, personality and behavior changes, sleep disturbances, and limited physical mobilization which will affect the patient's quality of life. Nursing intervention that can be carried out to help reduce pain in post sectio caesarea patients is autogenic relaxatio…
One of the health problems that can occur in pregnant women is hypertension. Hypertension contributed the highest of deaths in pregnant women. Hypertension has a serious impact on pregnant women and the fetus so that proper treatment is needed in accordance with the doctor’s direction, in addition to pharmacological treatment, increased blood pressure can be reduced with non-pharmacological t…
The increase in cases of mental health disorders in Indonesia is increasingly worrying. Based on data from Dr. Ernaldi Bahar Hospital in 2024, it shows that paranoid schizophrenia is the most common illness in inpatients with 839 cases and the most common nursing diagnosis in 2024 is the risk of violent behavior. This study aims to provide an overview of the application of Benson relaxation the…
Fatigue is often suffered by patients with Chronic Kidney Discase (CKD) who undergo hemodialysis and can reduce quality of life. One of the nurses' self-directed measures that can be applied to overcome fatigue problems is the combination of foot massage therapy and deep breathing relaxation, which has been proven to provide a relaxation effect, increase comfort, and reduce fatigue levels. Obje…
Background: Many nursing problems are found related to ineffective breathing patterns in patients with pleural effusion. This is caused by the accumulation of excess fluid in the pleural space, which, if expanded, will cause shorness of breath and impact oxygen requirements. One of the non-pharmacological nursing interventions that is useful as an effort to reduce the incidence of ineffective b…
Background: Surgery is a medical treatment thatuses invasive techniques by making incisions in the part of the body to betreated. Postoperative procedures can cause pain, with thefrequency, intensity, and duration of postoperative pain varying in eachpatient. Pain is caused by mechanical irritation of the wound, which stimulates chemical pain mediators in the body. A nonpharmacological method t…
Background: Cervical cancer is a type of cancer that affects the cervical area and is commonly suffered by women aged 40–50 years and above. One of the main complaints that often arise in cervical cancer patients is pain, so proper management is needed both pharmacologically and non-pharmacologically. One of the non-pharmacological methods that can be used to help reduce pain in cervical canc…
Background: Patients with ovarian cysts who undergo laparotomy surgery generally experience acute postoperative pain due to tissue damage and inflammatory processes. Untreated acute pain can slow healing, inhibit mobilization, and decrease patient comfort. Non-pharmacological therapies such as hand massage and lavender aromatherapy have been shown to be effective in lowering pain intensity thro…
Background: The high incidence of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is an important public health issue. Hemodialysis therapy takes a long time, has complications, and requires patient adherence. Fatigue is the most common impact of hemodialysis therapy in hemodialysis patients. Soaking your feet in warm water is effective in overcoming fatigue because the warm nature of water can relieve muscle ten…