The ability of professional nurses to be independent in their learning process is one way to ensure continued improvement and mastery of advance competencies in professional nursing practice. Efforts are being made to improve the ability of Self-Directed Learning (SDL) is expected to encourage the achievement of nursing competency standards, which are responsible for lifelong learning, professional development and maintain their competence. The aims of this study are to determine the students' SDL ability during clinical education after being involved in PBL curricula, to analyze the relationship between SDL ability and students' learning outcomes during clinical practice and to explain the description of students' SDL process. The design of quantitative was cross sectional approach and data collection using SDLRS Fisher questionnaire. Qualitative used in-depth. The participants were 60 students in Akper Syekh Yusuf Gowa who involved in the clinical education. The average score of student's self-directed learning ability was 154. The Pearson correlation test showed a positive relationship between the ability of SDL and the achievement of learning outcomes (r= 0.373 and p<0.05). Results of the qualitative data analysis showed who had high SDL score were able to perform all SDL according Knowles SDL process description. Students with high score have already internalizing SDL values. Students with low score only able to perform half of SDL process which was stated by Knowles (1975), students have not internalizing SDL values yet.

Background: VCO is an oil made from fresh coconuts and processed naturally or do not require heating and do not add other chemicals. The fatty acids contained in the VCO has the added benefit of making your skin soft. VCO is effectively applied as a moisturizer to the skin so that it can improve skin hydration and promotes healing of the skin. Decubitus is damage to the skin caused by friction or pressure on the skin located bony section.Purpose: This literature review aimed to determine the effectiveness of the VCO in reducing the risk of decubitus sores.Method: This research method  Quantitative descriptive approach Systematic Review through some journals that are relevant to this article. This research article search by using keywords 1 "prevention of decubitus sores" keyword 2 "VCO" search database sources used in this study is Portal Garuda, ISJD and Google Scholar were published from 2015 to 2019 year.Results: The results of this study identified include the use of VCO prevent decubitus sores, that VCO is effective in prevention of decubitus sores in patients with stroke or bedrest.The use of VCO as decubitus sores preventive therapy has many benefits. Substances that are contained in the VCO can provide benefits or nutrients to keep the skin moist.Conclusion: Nurses as nursing care providers are expected to use the VCO to prevent decubitus sores in patients with stroke or bedrest as an intervention in a hospital or as therapy can do at home community.