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Diarrhea is the second leading cause of death in children in the world, as well as in Indonesia. To reduce mortality due to diarrhea, it needs fast and appropriate management. Probiotics have been widely used in cases of acute diarrhea in children but have not been recommended at the Klungkung Regional General Hospital. This study aims to determine the effectiveness of prebiotic administration on the duration of diarrhea in pre-school children.This type of quantitative observational research uses a comparative study design. This study involved 40 respondents who were selected based on inclusion and exclusion criteria with purposive sampling technique.The results showed that the duration of diarrhea in pre-school children given prebiotics averaged 23.74 or 24 hours 14 minutes, while the duration of diarrhea in pre-school children given standard therapy was on average 47 hours 49 minutes. The results of the Independent T Test obtained p value = 0.001 <0.05, which means that prebiotic administration is more effective than giving standard therapy to the duration of diarrhea in pre-treated children. Suggested to the Hospital so that prebiotics can be used as standard therapy for pediatric patients who suffer from diarrhea. Keywords: Prebiotics, Duration of Diarrhea, Pre-school Children

Nurses are the spearhead of services that greatly affect patient satisfaction as service users in the hospital. One of the nursing services that provided by nurses is administering drugs. The twelve correct principles of drug administration are the most current principles of medication, consisting of correct patient, correct drug, correct dose, correct method of administration, correct time, correct documentation, correct health education regarding medication, patient right to refuse, correct assessment, correct evaluation, correct reaction to food and correct reaction to other drugs. This study aimed to determine the correlation between the implementation of drug administration with twelve correct principles on the level of patients’ satisfaction in the Inpatient Ward of Mangusada Badung General Hospital.This research was a quantitative study with observational methods and cross sectional design, the sample in this study were patients and the population of nurses in Mangusada Badung General Hospital according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria selected by purposive sampling of 58 patients and 58 nurses. The research was conducted for 1 month. Data were analyzed using nonparametric rho spearman test at a significance level of ? 0.05, p value was 0.000 <0.05. It showed that there was a significant correlation between the implementation of drug administration with Twelve correct principles on the level of patients’ satisfaction in the Inpatient Ward of Mangusada Badung General Hospital. It is expected that health workers, especially nurses, can apply the principles of correctness in administering drugs to increase patient satisfaction.

Appendectomy is a surgical procedure for appendicitis. This action can cause the perception of pain so that it has an impact on the healing process and triggers further complications if left untreated. Deep breathing relaxation techniques combined with aromatherapy is one of the treatments done to help overcome post appendectomy pain. This study purposed to determine the effect of deep breath relaxation with lavender aromatherapy on the level of post appendectomy pain in the Janger Room RSD Mangusada. This study is a pre-experimental research with one group pretest and posttest design involving 32 samples selected through purposive sampling technique. Collecting data using a research instrument in the form of the Numerical Rating Scale observation sheet. The results showed that there was an effect of deep breath relaxation with lavender aromatherapy on the level of post appendectomy pain in the Janger Room at RSD Mangusada (p-value = 0,000). This research can be applied in the provision of nursing services as one of the nursing interventions to reduce post appendectomy patient pain.