Acupressure to reduce vomitus in children with dehydration

Abstract

Children are individuals who are in a range of developmental changes starting from infancy to adolescence. Children are unique individuals and have needs according to their stage of development. Children's needs can include physiological needs such as nutritional and fluid needs, activity and elimination, sleep rest, and others, children are also individuals who need social and spiritual psychological needs. Nausea and vomitus in children are a problem for parents. Parents' lack of understanding of digestive tract diseases is considered normal by parents. Protracted and poorly managed nausea and vomitus in children have an impact on nutritional problems, especially weight loss, severe dehydration, and hypovolemic shock. The existence of this case study research is expected that this final scientific work can be used as additional knowledge for the health care profession, especially nursing and provide an understanding of nursing care with vomitus in children who get complementary therapy, namely acupressure therapy, which must be carried out by combining massage techniques with storytelling techniques and playing with children to reduce fear. As for management using pharmacology and non-pharmacology, one of which is acupressure therapy which is carried out 2 times a day and carried out 30 times round in a clockwise direction in the massage, it has proven effective in reducing nausea and vomiting in children, especially with cases of dehydration, acupressure therapy is very effective given as a supporting therapy in addition to using pharmacological therapy in these patients.

Keywords: Acupressure, complementary therapy, nursing care, paediatric nursing, vomitus