Asuhan Keperawatan Keluarga Dengan Pemberian Jus Tomat Untuk Menurunkan Glukosa Darah Pada Penderita Diabetes Melitus

Abstract

Abstract: Diabetes Mellitus is a chronic disease dominated by type 2 Diabetes Mellitus which is a serious problem and can cause complications with other body organs if not treated properly. Drinking tomato juice is one of the options in reducing random blood sugar levels (GDS) in diabetes mellitus sufferers, this happens because lycopene in tomatoes has a function as a decrease in random blood sugar. This case study aims to explain family nursing care by providing tomato juice to reduce blood glucose in diabetes mellitus sufferers in Aron Village, Kuta Baro, Aceh Besar. The design of this case study is a case study with a nursing process approach. The results of the case study found three nursing diagnoses, ineffective family health management r.d. complexity of the care/treatment program (D. 0115), readiness to improve health management r.d. desire to manage health problems and their prevention (D. 0112) and knowledge deficit about diabetes mellitus r.d. lack of exposure to information (D. 0111). The nursing action given is the administration of tomato juice to reduce blood glucose levels. The results of the knowledge deficit diagnosis evaluation showed that the client already understood about diabetes mellitus, the results of the ineffective health management diagnosis showed that the intervention using tomato juice was proven to be effective in reducing blood glucose levels from 421 mg/dl to 261 mg/dl for 6 days and the results of the readiness diagnosis for improving health management showed that the client already knew about the diabetes mellitus diet. Recommendations for patients suffering from diabetes mellitus are expected to provide motivation and encouragement to families to utilize non-pharmacological therapy such as providing tomato juice therapy in lowering blood glucose and carried out regularly, so that the program continues to run according to the follow-up plan, namely the intervention of providing tomato juice therapy.