Pengelolaan dan Pelayanan Asuhan Keperawatan pada Identifikasi Mastitis pada Masa Nifas di Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Muliorejo

Abstract

The postpartum period is the period after giving birth, starting from the end of labor until the condition of the uterus returns to that of before pregnancy and the length of the post-partum period is approximately 6 weeks. The postpartum period (puerperineum) is the period or period when the baby is born and the placenta comes out of the uterus, up to the next six weeks. In this phase, the importance of care for physical and psychological recovery includes a description of the frequency of the breastfeeding or lactation process. After carrying out health education and nursing actions to treat mastitis with breast massage. So it is known that post partum mothers experience mastitis and this can be reduced by doing breast massage to increase breast milk production. Based on the nursing care given to two postpartum mothers who experienced mastitis due to swollen breasts, it can be concluded that breast massage can reduce breast swelling and reduce breast pain.