Jurnal Kegawatdaruratan Medis Indonesia

Effectiveness of Implementing Nursing Intervention Health Education About Triage on Patients' Families in The Emergency Room Hospital

2025-08-02T05:56:57+00:00

The Emergency Department is the leading health service in a hospital institution, providing initial assistance to patients based on the triage concept. A lack of understanding of the concept of triage is one of the factors that cause dissatisfaction with services in the Emergency Department. The research aims to determine the effect of health education about triage on the level of satisfaction of families who come to the Reksa Waluya Hospital Emergency Room. The research design used a quasi-experimental with a post-test only with a control group research design, which involved randomly dividing subjects into control and experimental groups. The total research sample was 50 respondents, with purposive sampling used. The instrument for this research is an educational satisfaction questionnaire sheet regarding triage. The study results showed that families' satisfaction in the ER at Reksa Waluya Hospital regarding triage in the control group was mainly quite satisfied (52%). In the experimental group, the majority were satisfied after being given health education about triage (56%). The results of the Mann-Whitney analysis obtained a significance value of 0.000 (p < 0.05), which shows that there is an influence of health education about triage on the level of satisfaction of patient families in the ER at Reksa Waluya Hospital, Mojokerto. The importance of providing health education for families and patients regarding the triage process can provide an overview and understanding, so that satisfaction with services can increase, avoid excessive complaints, and ensure that services in the emergency room will not be disrupted.

Communication, Information and Education (CIE) using Five Finger Labels to Reduce Anxiety of the Patient’s Family

2025-08-02T18:16:07+00:00

During the treatment process, anxiety could've been felt by the family that had their member treated in the hospital. This research is purposed for knowing the effect of Communication, Information, and Education (CIE) using five-finger labels on the level of anxiety of the patient's family in the emergency department. This research used quasi-experimental with pre-post test with a control group design. The sample in the research is the patient's family which is in the yellow zone of the emergency department counted 60 respondents, selected with purposive sampling. Instruments that were selected are the Anxiety questionnaire State Anxiety Inventory (S-AI) form Y. The results showed that in the experimental group, there was an increase in the number of mild anxiety levels from 53.3% to 80%, a decrease in the number of moderate anxiety levels from 43.3% to 20%, a decrease in the level of severe anxiety from 3.3% to 0%. In the control group, there was an increase in the number of mild anxiety levels from 53.3% to 60% and a decrease in moderate anxiety levels from 46.7% to 40%. The results of the Mann-Whitney statistical test obtained a significance value (p) of 0.010, which means that there was an effect of CIE using five-finger labels on the anxiety level of the patient's family in the emergency room. The results of this study are expected to be applied as an intervention in reducing the anxiety of the patient's family in the emergency room.

Application of Guided Imagery Therapy in Hypertension Patients at Kartini General Hospital Karanganyar

2025-08-02T19:10:41+00:00

Background: Guided imagery therapy is a technique that uses an individual's imagination with the specific aim of achieving control and relaxation. Relaxation can have a direct effect on bodily functions. The effects of relaxation include reducing muscle tension, improving concentration, lowering respiratory rate and pulse, as well as decreasing blood pressure. Objective: To determine the effectiveness of Guided Imagery therapy in reducing blood pressure among hypertensive patients at Kartini General Hospital Karanganyar. Methods: This study employed a descriptive case study approach, involving two hypertensive patients at Kartini General Hospital Karanganyar who had high blood pressure. The therapy was administered once daily for 20 minutes over a period of one day. Results: After undergoing Guided Imagery therapy for one day (one session of 20 minutes conducted in the afternoon), both respondents showed a reduction in blood pressure. Conclusion: Guided Imagery therapy has proven effective in helping to lower blood pressure among hypertensive patients and can be recommended as a management strategy for reducing blood pressure in hospital settings and the broader community.