JONAH : Journal of Nursing and Homecare

Application of Postpartum Exercise in Accelerating Uterine Involution in Postpartum Mothers in the Working Area of the Rumbai Health Center

2025-01-13T08:09:14+00:00

The puerperium is the period after the birth of the placenta and ends when the uterine devices return to their pre-pregnancy state with a uterine weight of 60 grams or is called Uterine Involution. Disruption of the involution process that is not perfect and can result in bleeding and maternal death is subinvolution. The process of involution can occur quickly or slowly, one of the factors that can affect uterine involution is postpartum exercise. The purpose of this case study is to find out the description of postpartum exercise in post partum mothers. The research method used is descriptive research method using a case study approach. The results of this case study show that there has been a decrease in the height of the uterine fundus in subject I, namely 12 cm from the top of the symphysis to 4.8 cm from the top of the symphysis, subject II also experienced a decrease in the height of the uterine fundus from 10.5 cm from the top of the symphysis to 4, 3 cm from the top of the symphysis after postpartum exercise. The application of postpartum exercise to postpartum mothers can help speed up the process of uterine involution, one of which can be assessed by measuring the fundal height of the postpartum mother .

Application of Effleurage Massage in Third Trimester Pregnant Women To Reduce Back Pain in the Working Area of the Karya Wanita Pekanbaru Health Center

2025-01-13T08:18:46+00:00

Pregnancy is a natural and physiological process, in which women who have healthy reproductive organs who have experienced menstruation and have sexual intercourse with a man whose reproductive organs are healthy are very likely to experience pregnancy. Back pain is one of the most common discomforts felt by third trimester pregnant women during pregnancy. One of the non-pharmacological techniques in reducing back pain is the effleurage massage technique. The purpose of this effleurage massage technique is to reduce back pain in pregnant women and relax pregnant women. The method used in this scientific paper is a case study design with 2 subjects. The application is carried out in the Work Area of the Pekanbaru Women's Health Center, for 3 consecutive days 1 time with a duration of 5-10 minutes. Data analysis was performed using descriptive analysis. The results of the application showed that after the effleurage massage was carried out, there was a decrease in the back pain scale in both subjects, namely in subject 1 (Mrs.N) from a pain scale of 7 (severe pain) to a pain scale of 1 (mild pain) and in subject 2 (Mrs.R) from a pain scale of 8 (severe pain) to a pain scale of 1 (mild pain). Third trimester pregnant women are advised to do effleurage massage at least once a day to relax the body

Prevention Of Perceived Ergonomic Hazards by Nurses In Intensive Care and Emergency Room

2025-01-16T02:25:55+00:00

The application of ergonomic principles in the workplace has not received full attention, especially for nurses in hospitals. There is not much information about the perceptions of nurses in intensive care and the emergency room about ergonomic hazards and their preventive actions. The purpose of this research was to explore experiences and perceptions of nurses in intensive care and emergency room in preventing the ergonomic hazards during the implementation of nursing care. This qualitative study used Focus Group Discussion (FGD) to collect the data from a hospital in Pekanbaru. The participants consisted of 17 nurses who worked in intensive care room and 10 nurses who worked in emergency room. This research used Colaizzi strategies to analyze the data by comparing perceptions of nurses who worked in intensive care and emergency room. The research results showed that both groups had similar understanding on the ergonomic hazards, similar perceptions on the importance of paying more attention to the ergonomic hazards, and similar preventive actions to make. Further, there were similar perceptions on factors influencing the preventive actions to the ergonomic hazards as well as similar expectations and needs in improving the preventive actions toward ergonomic hazards. The participants had similar valuable experiences and ideas which should be considered in improving the preventive actions toward the ergonomic hazards while working in the hospital. Those expectations are in the forms of education, socialization, reminder from other nurses, and supports from the head nurse to improve knowledge, self-awareness, and appropriate preventive actions toward the ergonomic hazards