Overview of the Role of Nurses in the Implementation of Education in Patients Hallucinations

Abstract

The number of individuals experiencing mental disorders every year is increasing both in Central Java and in Indonesia. Mental disorders can occur in all individuals. Individuals who have mental disorders will definitely have some limitations in meeting their daily needs Mental patients need to get the right treatment, so the role of nurses is needed especially in providing education. In implementing nursing care, nurses have roles and functions including providing health education, care givers, as family advisors, disease prevention, counseling, collaboration, ethical decision makers. The purpose of this study was to determine the role of nurses in the implementation of education in hallucinatory patients. The research using descriptive survey design. the sample of this study was nurses in Larasati's room. This research was conducted in the Larasati room of regional psychiatric hospital Dr. Amino Gondohutomo, Central Java, Indonesian in December 2017. This study used a documentation research tool derived from patient medical records. The results showed that nurses provide education to patients who experience hallucinations by helping to recognize hallucinations and symptoms and provide an implementation strategy by rebuking when the patient hears something. After the client has carried out an implementation strategy by rebuking then the patient is given medication according to the medical prescription.