Post-delivery depression: nurse's performance

Abstract

The objective this work is list the nurse's care for women with postpartum depression and its psychosocial repercussions. This is a bibliographic study with a qualitative and descriptive approach. Data collection was carried out looking for similar works in the academic-scientific databases SciELO (Scientific Electronic Library Online) and LILACS (Latin American and Caribbean Literature in health sciences). Regarding the nursing care with the puerperal woman with PPD, studies report that the nurse's performance with the puerperal woman usually focuses on tracking depression, in monitoring its evolution in individual and group psychotherapeutic care in educational actions guidelines provided to this audience and their families, especially clarifying the intervention measures that are necessary to ensure the well-being of the mother and baby. This work can contribute to the knowledge on the theme that is expected to reflect in concrete actions in monitoring and assisting this group of women, analyzing an early diagnosis of postpartum depression during pregnancy and the puerperal period, and the responsibility that the professional has in perceiving this disorder in his nursing consultations with this woman, and also through of family reports.