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Breast cancer occurs due to abnormal, uncontrolled, and irregular cellular growth in the breast. The management of breast cancer includes surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, hormonal therapy, immunotherapy, and bone marrow manipulation. The physical impacts of chemotherapy include sleeping problems and fatigue. The non-pharmacological efforts to relieve this fatigue include progressive muscle relaxation (PMR). The research objective was to determine the effect of Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR) on the level of fatigue in breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. The research design was a pre-experimental one group pre-posttest design. The population is breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy as many as 35 patients. The number of respondents is 35 respondents. The sampling technique used is total sampling. The research instrument used is the Fatigue Assessment Scale (FAS). The test used is the Wilcoxon test. The results showed that there was an effect of Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR) on the level of fatigue in breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy with a p value = 0.000 (<0.05). The research recommendation is Progressive Muscle relaxation (PMR) intervention as a non-pharmacological intervention to reduce the fatigue level of breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy in health services.

Background: Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a group of metabolic diseases characterized by hyperglycemia. Type 2 diabetes mellitus is the most common type of diabetes mellitus, accounting for about 90% of all diabetes cases. If not treated immediately can cause damage to the eyes, kidneys, heart disease, hypertension, stroke and even cause gangrene. One of the non-pharmacological treatments is progressive muscle relaxation therapy. Objective: To determine changes in blood sugar levels in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus before and after progressive muscle relaxation therapy. Method: Descriptive method with a case study approach to 2 respondents in Jengglong Hamlet, Karanganyar Regency. The duration of giving progressive muscle relaxation therapy to respondents was 20 minutes in the morning and evening for 7 days from 25 May 2023 to 31 May 2023. Results: The blood sugar levels of the two respondents before applying progressive muscle relaxation therapy were 243 mg/dL and 255 mh/dL. After application, blood sugar levels dropped to 167 mg/dL and 221 mg/dL. Conclusion: The application of progressive muscle relaxation is able to reduce blood sugar levels in both type 2 diabetes mellitus patients in Jengglong Hamlet, Karanganyar Regency.

Background; Hypertension is a "sillent killer" disease that is mostly experienced by the elderly. According to data from the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2021, the prevalence is 1.28 billion people with hypertension aged 30-79 years. The prevalence of the elderly in the world and Indonesia continues to increase because the elderly experience a decline in physical conditions, including the cardiovascular system, which increases the risk of degenerative diseases such as hypertension. Therefore, progressive muscle relaxation can be used as an alternative therapy for the elderly with hypertension. The Objectives of the research; Knowing the results of the implementation of progressive muscle relaxation on blood pressure in the elderly with hypertension. Method; This application uses a case study method by observing blood pressure in two elderly respondents. The instruments used are observation sheets, sphygmomanometer, and stopwatch. Results; After application for 20 minutes with a frequency of four times a week for two consecutive weeks showed a decrease in blood pressure in both respondents to prehypertension. Summary; Progressive muscle relaxation therapy can potentially reduce blood pressure in the elderly with hypertension.

Symptoms of stemi can cause patients to feel more anxious, this anxiety can be overcome pharmacologically and nonpharmacologically. However, pharmacological therapy can cause various side effects. Therefore, nonpharmacological therapies can be recommended including progressive relaxation techniques. The purpose of this study was to determine the application of progressive muscle relaxation therapy to anxiety using the HARS scale in stemi patients in the CVCU Room of Prof. Aloei Saboe Hospital. Pre-experimental research method with one group pre post test design, a sample of 4 people who met the sample criteria, the instrument used HARS (Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale) and the data analysis used was univariate analysis. The study findings are that progressive relaxation techniques carried out by researchers for 3 days can reduce the HARS score of the first patient from a score of 11 to 4, the second patient from a score of 12 to 6, the third patient from a score of 13 to 7 and the fourth patient from a score of 12 to 6, so that progressive muscle relaxation therapy can be applied in reducing anxiety of stemi patients in the CVCU Room of Prof. Aloei Saboe Hospital. The implication of this study is that the nursing profession is expected to improve the provision of nursing interventions in carrying out the nursing care process comprehensively, namely from bio to psychosocial patients so that it can help patients overcome psychosocial problems in this case the anxiety experienced by patients.    

Introduction : Hypertension is a non-communicable disease which is a serious health problem because its prevalence continues to increase. Hypertension often does not show signs and symptoms, so it is often called the silent killer of death and is one of the main triggers for diseases such as heart disease, stroke and kidney disease. Method: Research design is a strategy used in research to achieve the goals of the researcher. The research design of the Nursing Final Scientific Work is pre-experimental with the pretest-posttests one group design approach. Results: showed that before giving Progressive Muscle, the blood pressure of Client 1 was 160/100 mmHg, Client 2 was 150/100 mmHg, and Client 3 was 180/100 mmHg. And after being given juice for 3 consecutive days, the blood pressure of client 1 was 130/100 mmHg, Client 2 was 130/90 mmHg, and Client 3 was 140/100 mmHg. Conclusion: The overall evaluation results after nursing actions are carried out, namely observing that the patient's blood pressure decreases, the patient can feel pain independently, as well as health education for patients and their families. Families can care for patients suffering from hypertension