The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of life review on the level of independence of the elderly at Panti Wredha St. Joseph Kediri. The design used in this study was a pre-experimental one group pre-post test design. The study population was the elderly at Wredha St. Yoseph Kediri who met the inclusion criteria. The results showed that the level of independence before life review therapy with mild dependence was 11 respondents (68.8%) and after being given life review therapy with mild dependence was 10 (62.5%). Based on the Wilcoxon Sign Rank Test statistical test, it was obtained p 0.35 with a significance value of α <0.05. Based on the results, it can be concluded that there is an influence of life review therapy with the independence of the elderly at Panti Wredha St. Yoseph Kediri.

ESP nursing materials is an important component in the success of educational programs, especially in the field of nursing. The development of English learning is now more emphasis on the authenticity of the material that is contextual activities or work involved, one of which is in nursing profession. Communicative language teaching (CLT) sets principles about the teaching of communicative competence not confined to verbal communication but also includes written communication, consists of four skills especially on ESP nursing based on nursing care (assessment, nursing diagnosis, planning(intervention & implementation, and evaluation) as the main source of objective achievement in teaching learning process. The development method used is adapted from Borg and Gall's model involved 24 students, 1 expert in English education, 2 experts in nursing education, and 1 practitioner of hospital. Researchers developed materials (4 chapters) based needs analysis (students’ need and reviewing existing syllabus) with four language skills. Result of expert validation (materials evaluation based on contents, exercises, communication, and general elements) was very good (average score 3.5) and result of students’ try out to give the decision of the product quality, the average score was 3.2, it meant the materials was acceptable  and eligible to be used by the nursing students as autonomous learning. In conclusion, the final product can be used as a model of instructional materials to teach English nursing as ESP materials. Keywords: ESP Nursing, CLT, Material Development

A teacher can use many ways to make students easier to study writing. Mind-mapping is a way to solve problems in writing. This technique is chosen since it has many advantages. The main benefit is that it uses both halves of the brain which makes it easier to remember. Moreover, making mind-mapping is a creative process and a natural way to organize the thoughts and it is widely believed to ease a pathway towards successful communication. Nursing students mostly do not pay attention to their writing skill. There are some indications which show the students’ poor ability in writing, such as; the students do not organize their writing well, their ideas are not coherence, they do not use right tenses in the right context, they have lack of vocabulary and their understanding of mechanic is low. They also think that time for writing is limited. Because of these, they become unmotivated and have low interest in writing. Some students even give up and do not try to solve their problem. In this paper, the writer wants to describe the use of mind-mapping technique to build up a good writing practice as an alternative teaching learning process and to activate the students’ participation in the classroom.   Keywords: Mind-Mapping Technique, Writing Skill.

This study was conducted to investigate the effects of mind mapping and pre-questioning on the students’ reading comprehension and on   the students’ reading comprehension levels: literal comprehension, inferential comprehension, evaluation, and appreciation. This study was a quasi-experimental design, which involved   30 Diploma Nursing Student Stikes RS Baptis Kediri. Mind mapping was used for the experimental group and pre- questioning was for the control group. The instrument was 25 item reading comprehension test incorporating the four reading comprehension levels based on Barrett taxonomy. Independent Sample t-test and Manova test were used to analyze the data, which results revealed that there was no significant difference between the students who received mind mapping and those who received pre-questioning in their overall reading comprehension and in their literal comprehension, evaluation, and appreciation level. However, there was a significant difference between the students who received mind mapping and those who received pre-questioning in their inferential comprehension

The increasing number of elderly from year to year has an impact on increasing the accompanying degenerative diseases. In addition, the elderly tend to be at risk for emotional changes and even at risk for depression which can have an impact on disruption of daily activities (Kelliat (1996) in Yuli (2014). Activity needs are basic needs because they cover self-care needs which include: bathing, dressing, going to the toilet, transferring, continence, and eating (Tamher, Noorkasiani, 2009). Based on WHO data (2007), it shows that psychosocial factors in elderly are problems that are very burdensome for their lives, which in turn affect physical, social and mental disorders. Some of these conditions can affect activity daily living. Where is the main activity for self-care which includes: bathing, dressing, going to the toilet, transferring, continence, and eating (Tamher, Noorkasiani, 2009). The objective of this study was to identify the level of independence of the elderly in carrying out daily living activities at Panti Wredha St. Yoseph Kediri. The design used in this research was descriptive. The population was the elderly at Panti Wredha St. Yoseph Kediri. The samples were 30 respondents with a purposive sampling technique. The independent variable was a description of the level of independence in carrying out daily living activities. The results showed that there was elderly’s independence level in carrying out daily living activities, namely light dependence as many as 11 people (68.8%) and moderate dependence 5 people (31.3%). In conclusion, elderly’s independence level in carrying out ADL at Panti Wredha St. Yoseph Kediri, namely light- moderate dependence.

Gempa dapat mengakibatkan banyak korban jika tidak dilakukan peningkatan kapasitas pada masyarakat yang rentan. Kesiapsiagaan gemba bumi perlu diinformasikan siswa sekolah dasar (SD) agar terus siap dalam kewaspadaan gempa bumi. Penelitian ini bertujuan menganalisis pengaruh pelatihan mitigasi bencana alam gempa bumi pada siswa sekolah dasa Negeri Senden 2 Kecamatan Kediri Jawa Timur. Metode yang digunakan adalah pelatihan dengan pendekatan pre post test desain. Populasi adalah siswa SDN Senden 2. Variabel yang diukur adalah pengetahuan dan keterampilan. Pelatihan melibatkan sebanyak 35 orang siswa SD yang terdiri atas siswa kelas IV. Instrumen yang digunakan adalah Kuesioner Pengetahuan. Intervensi yang diberikan adalah pelatihan mitigasi bencana di kelas dan diluar kelas. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian didapatkan bahwa hasil pre test paling banyak didapatkan responden memiliki pengetahuan yang kurang tentang mitigasi bencana gempa bumi sebanyak 23 responden (65.71%), sedangkan hasil post test paling banyak didapatkan responden memiliki pegetahuan yang cukup tantang mitigasi bencana alam gempa bumi sebanyak  19 responden (54.29%). Hasil uji statistic dengan uji Wilcoxon didapatkan p value=0.001 (a<0,05) yang bermakna bahwa terdapat pengaruh pelatihan mitigasi bencana alam gempa bumi terhdapa pengetahuan pada siswa sekolah dasa Negeri Senden 2 Kecamatan Kediri Jawa Timur. Pelatihan mitigasi bencana gempa bumi harus terus dilaksanakan untuk meningkatkan kewaspadaan siswa dan mengurangi korban bencana akibat gempa bumi yang tidak terprediksi