Kontribusi Perbedaan Psikologis Perawat Terhadap Pemberdayaan Psikologis

Contribution of the Difference of Psychological Nurses\u27s toward Psycological Empowerment. Characteristics of nurses are the traits attached to nurses, either naturaly or acquired from others. They include age, gender, educational level, marital status, employment status, and length of employment. The psychological characteristics distinguish nurses in psychological empowerment in improving self-efficacy, intrinsic motivation and performance of nurses in hospital. This research aims to know the characteristics and the psychological empowerment of nurses. The research design used cross-sectional correlation description with sample of 115 nurses. The results of the study are, gender that related with nurses\u27 psychological empowerment (p= 0.041), which means that there is relation between gender with psychological empowerment of nurses (CI 95% OR= 1.001–66.893), and 90% of male nurses are more likely to be empowered psychologically, whereas female nurses that is likely to be empowered is 52.4%. Recommendations is the need to propose a formal education and training, especially for nurses who have at least 5 years length of work, as well as the need to give direction from head nurse to nurture all nurses through supervision in order to have the competences to carry out actions in hospital that reflect the nurses psychological empowerment

Pengalaman Keluarga Memenuhi Kebutuhan Nutrisi Balita Gizi Kurang

Peran keluarga sangat penting dalam memenuhi kebutuhan nutrisi Balita. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendapatkan pemahaman yang mendalam tentang pengalaman keluarga dalam memenuhi kebutuhan nutrisi Balita gizi kurang. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif (fenomenologi desktiptif) dengan wawancara mendalam yang datanya dianalisis dengan teknik Collaizi. Penelitian ini menemukan tujuh tema yaitu perasaan keluarga, penilaian keluarga, strategi pemberian makan, sistem pendukung keluarga dan masyarakat, motivasi, dan harapan keluarga. Kesimpulan dari hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa pengalaman keluarga dalam memenuhi kebutuhan nutrisi Balita gizi kurang sangat beragam. Penelitian ini diharapkan dapat memberikan gambaran dalam memberikan intervensi keperawatan terhadap keluarga dalam mengatasi masalah gizi kurang pada Balita dan memberikan masukan bagi pemerintah dalam upaya mengatasi masalah gizi kurang pada Balita

The Effect of Drinking Tea to the Anemia Among Elderly in Bandung

The objective of this study is to know the effect of tea to anemia iron deficiency among elderly people. The study population is the elderly people in Bandung City. The sampling was 132 elderly that were selected randomly in Sub District of Cicendo year 2005. Method of measuring hemoglobin is the sianmethemoglobin and the drinking tea was measured by 1 x 24 hours food record for seven days. The data was analysis using multiple logistic regression. The results of this study shows that rate of anemia among elderly people in Bandung is 47,7% (95%CI = 39%—56%) and  about half of the elderly (49%) drinking tea every day (95%CI = 40%—58%). The elderly who drink tea every day have risk for anemia 92 times higher compared than those who did not drink tea (ORadj = 91.8, 95% CI = 8—221) after controlled for protein intake.  If the drinking tea habit among elderly could be changed, the anemia could be reduced by 85% i.e. from 47.7% become 7.3%. In order to decrease anemia, it’s suggested to reduce their drinking tea habit or increase their protein intake. However, due to lack of their teeth’s functioning and low of their economic status, reducing their drinking tea habit is the best choice to decrease anemia among elderly.&nbsp

Hubungan Lingkungan Kerja dengan Perilaku Caring Perawat di RS Pgi Jakarta

Meilati Suryani*Junaiti Sahar**Dewi gayatri** ABSTRAKKepuasan pasien terhadap pelayanan keperawatan lebih didasarkan kepada perilaku caring perawat seperti sikap yang ramah, cepat tanggap terhadap kebutuhan pasien serta mau mendengarkan keluhan pasien yang disebut dengan perilaku caring. Perilaku caring perawat selain ditentukan oleh faktor individu juga didukung oleh lingkungan kerja yang baik. Penelitian ini untuk mengetahui hubungan lingkungan kerja dengan perilaku caring. Jenis penelitian deskriptif korelasi dengan sampel 95 pasien dan 95 perawat. Persentase perawat yang berperilaku caring tinggi menurut persepsi pasien adalah 53%. Hasil analisis menggunakan uji Chi Square menyatakan pengaturan beban kerja dan pengembangan profesional berhubungan dengan perilaku caring (p = 0,000). Perawat perlu meningkatkan kompetensi dan komunikasi dengan pasien. Rumah sakit perlu meninjau kembali kebutuhan tenaga dan beban kerja perawat, menjadikan caring sebagai salah satu komponen penilaian kinerja perawat, serta meningkatkan role model kepala ruangan. Kata Kunci: Lingkungan kerja, Perilaku caring perawat, Persepsi pasien ABSTRACTPatient satisfaction to nursing delivery service is most base on nurse attitude which called caring. Caring nurse behavior not only determined by individual factor but also supported by good work environment. This research was to recognize the relationship between work environment and nursing caring behavior according to patient\u27s perception. This is descriptive correlation with 95 patient and 95 nurse as samples. According to patient\u27s perception, as much as 53% of nurses are caring. The result showed that professional development and workload management are significantly associated with nursing caring behavior (p=0.000). Nurses require to improve communication skill. The hospital require improve head nurse as role model, make caring as component for nursing appraisal performance, asses the need for nursing workload and staffing