| dc.description.abstract | Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic autoimmune disease associated with a chronic inflammatory process, which can damage joints and extra-articular organs, including the heart, kidneys, lungs, digestive system, eyes, skin and nervous system. The symptoms of rheumatism are inflammation, deformity, and joint pain which are most felt by people with rheumatism. The purpose of writing is to manage nursing care for clients with rheumatoid arthritis in Sosopan District. The method used is a case study of rheumatoid arthritis. The number of rheumatoid arthritis clients in this case was 1 female, aged 70 years. The duration of managing nursing care cases for clients with rheumatoid arthritis is 3 weeks, which consists of assessing clients, determining diagnoses according to patient complaints, making interventions, and implementing interventions on clients which are then evaluated. There are 2 main problems, namely chronic pain and impaired physical mobility. Implementation given to clients to overcome 2 main problems in this case in the form of warm compresses to treat pain and to overcome physical mobilization disorders can be done by carrying out activities using aids such as sticks. The results obtained showed a decrease in the pain scale from a scale of 7 to a scale of 2 and an increase in the movement of the extremities on the client was obtained. So it can be concluded that warm compress therapy and carrying out activities using a stick aid which is carried out once a day for 1 week for 20 minutes, shows the results of reducing pain in the client's joints and bones. | en_US |
