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Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) is a complex case that requires a collaborative action between the doctors and the nurses. This research aims to explore the collaboration experience between nurses and doctors in the care of ACS patient at Emergency Departments (ED) from the nurses' perspective. This research is a descriptive qualitative phenomenological research which involved 32 nurses who are employed in an ED. The data were collected using semi-structured in-depth interviews for the duration of 30–60 min. The results of the data analysis revealed that there are 3 themes; nurses' perception of independent intervention and collaboration, patients’ handling tasks are predominantly performed by the doctors and a collaboration policy. These 3 themes represent unidirectional communication patterns and the doctor acts as the dominant figure. The pattern concludes implement hierarchical practices. Therefore necessary to develop a collaboration model in handling patients with ACS in the hospitals and build a good collaborative relationship.

Objectives This study has aimed at identifying the nature of preconception care delivered by healthcare practitioners toward prospective brides and grooms at primary healthcare in Jakarta. Materials and methods This study used a qualitative design with descriptive analysis. The participants of this study are nine health practitioners, who deliver preconception care to prospective brides and grooms at primary healthcare in Jakarta, involving doctors, nurses, midwives, health analysts, and psychologists. The criteria of the participant were healthcare practitioners who were in charge of delivering healthcare service to prospects from primary healthcare, at least having a year experience at primary healthcare, having at least an associate degree. Participants have selected through purposive sampling in which characteristics suitable to the research objectives. The trustworthiness of the data has met through principles of credibility, conformability, dependability, and transferability. Results The study identified four themes, which include participants’ perspective on prospects preparation, implementation of preconception care to prospects at primary healthcare, obstacles faced during the delivery, and participants’ needs for preconception care services. Conclusion Healthcare practitioners need specialized training and interagency cooperation to enhance professional skill-mix in preconception care to achieve goals for maternal and child health.

Introduction: A nurse who experience burnout feelings will influence their motivation, and quality performance. This situation is probably affecting a decline in work quality towards the caring behaviour demonstrated by nurses to their patiens, particularly for a nurse who are working in the long-stay installation room facing directly to patient's problems. The purpose of this research is to identify the work stress level of nurse towards the nurse's caring behaviour in the long-stay installation room (IRNA) in general hospital in Malang.Method: This research used descriptive – correlational, the sampling was Non Probability Purposive Sampling with 93 nurses as the corresponds. The data was analyzed by operating Correlation Pearson, with a significance of p < 0.05.Result: The result found that there was a substantial correlation between the work stress level and the nurse's caring behaviour with p = 0.008 and r = -0.274, and it was a negative correlation.Discussion: It means that when the stress level of nurses will declined, the nurse's caring behavior automatically will beamplified. Conversely, if the stess level of nurses intensively increased, the nurse's caring behaviour become decreased. Thus, this research is needed to be analyzed further in order to asses the quality of caring behaviour by expanding the connected indicator and variable. It is aimed to improve the professionalism and quality of nurses in giving the best service to patients this research need to be continued further in order to asses the quality of nurse's caring behavior by expanding the variable, which is related to internal factors, such as knowledge, perception, emotion, ect and also connected to external factors, such as environment, both physically and non physically like: climate, human being, social economic, culture and ect.

enIntroduction: Community's Perception and enthusiasm toward homecare services becomes challenge to find out for homecare agency. An easy and effective strategy to find out is using technology information system. Methods: This study employed descriptive analysis design, in which perception and enthusiasm community were measured by completing questionnaire (r = 0.367 validity and reliability = 0.734–0.777), while data analysis uses correlation product moment and T-test. Results: Univariat analysis show perception toward homecare services within internal community results in:mean = 19.8; range 17–24, while within external community results in: mean = 19.53; range = 15–24. In other hand, enthusiasm toward homecare services within internal community results in: mean = 31.33; range= 28-36, while within external community results in: mean = 31.27; range = 26–36. Bivariat analysis result, first: Perceptions and enthusiasm internal community was associated toward homecare services (p = 0.001; r = 0.778). Second, Perceptions and enthusiasm external community was associated with homecare services (p = 0.010, r = 0.754). Thereby, no difference between internal community perception and external community perception toward homecare services (p = 0.778). Discussion: In conclusion, this study concludes that community's perception and enthusiasm was considered related to homecare services. This study provides information for homecare management that community needs homecare services to address health improvement among patients with chronic diseases.Keywords: community's perceptions and enthusiasm, homecare services, marketing strategy