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Trauma capitis is a form of penetration or rapid movement, and impact of the brain within the skull which results in changes in mental status. Traumatic capitis is one of the causes of child death. Often referred to as the silent. The aim of this research is to obtain a real picture in applying nursing care to clients An.''F'' with cases of neurological system disorders: trauma capitis. This research was carried out in the ICU room at Labuang Baji Hospital, Makassar for 3 days starting from 19-21 April 2023. Data collection techniques were carried out using interview techniques, observation and physical examination. The results of this study were an assessment of pain in the head, pain that felt like stabbing, pain scale 8 (severity 0-10), lasted for 3 minutes, bleeding on the right side of the head. In nursing diagnoses, there are 5 diagnoses found in cases of acute pain related to physical comfort, ineffective breathing patterns related to changes in the depth of breathing patterns, risk of infection related to bleeding in the brain, nutritional imbalances less than body requirements related to lack of appetite, impaired mobility physical related to difficulty turning positions. In implementing the action plan for patient An "F", nursing problems arise to reduce and prevent problems in patients by paying attention to the patient's condition. The implementation of nursing for patient An "F" is adjusted to the action plan that has been determined so that the nursing problems faced by the patient can be overcome or prevented. After providing nursing care for the five diagnoses, all diagnoses were resolved.

Elderly is an end stage in the span of human life. Age that is not young makes the elderly vulnerable to degenerative diseases such as insomnia. Insomnia is a condition where a person has difficulty sleeping, especially sleeping at night. Foot soak therapy is a therapy using warm water which aims to overcome insomnia. The purpose of this case study is to describe the application of foot bath therapy with warm water to insomnia in the elderly. This type of research belongs to descriptive using the case study approach method. The subjects used were two respondents with criteria for elderly who were over 60 years old and experienced mild, moderate and severe insomnia. The form of intervention was the application of foot soak therapy with warm water for 2 days. The measuring instrument used was an insomnia rating scale questionnaire. The results of the case study showed that there was a decrease in the score of insomnia after doing foot bath therapy with warm water, proven in subject I from a score of 28 (weight) to a score of 25 (mild) and in subject II from a score of 26 (mild) to a score of 24 (mild).