baby. Restless nights‚ sore body‚ and all around emotional stress can take a toll on a woman. Nine months of joy turn into absolute chaos especially when its involving first time mothers. These factors can cause a person to develop postpartum depression; a form of depression suffered by a mother following childbirth‚ typically arising
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emotions may have postpartum depression‚ with symptoms ranging from mild to severe. Many women require medical treatment. Although all causes of postpartum depression are unknown‚ there are many factors that can put a woman at risk. This essay provides an overview of postpartum depression‚ the impact it has on the individual client‚ the newborn‚ and the family‚ the physical and mental assessment findings‚ and its impact on my future nursing practice. Overview Postpartum depression is an illness
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moms experience the baby blues after delivering a child. About one 1 of every 10 of these women will develop a more severe and longer-lasting depression after delivery. Approximately 1 in 1‚000 women develop more serious conditions‚ like postpartum psychosis. A number of factors can increase the risk of postpartum depression‚ including: -a history of depression before becoming pregnant -Age at time of pregnancy (younger mothers are more likely to develop the condition) -the more children you have the
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Postpartum depression is a serious disease that affects as many as 60 percent of new mothers. The new mother’s may not feel love for their newborn and may have no energy to take care of the child. They may also suffer from insomnia‚ excessive eating or anorexia‚ hyperventilation. People have different methods for coping with life and its stressful events. The level of security in a person is directly proportional to the method of coping with a difficult situation. One of these stressful events
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Postpartum Depression in New Mothers Each day‚ there are approximately 361‚000 babies born throughout the world. For each child‚ there is a mother that carried a new life inside of her body for almost a year of their own life. What many people do not realize is that this can be an overwhelming experience leading to devastating consequences. Postpartum depression in new mothers is becoming more and more common each day. Postpartum depression is not just feeling blue or down in the dumps for a couple
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you dream and plan about all of your child’s firsts. You dream about your baby’s first steps‚ first day of school‚ the first tooth they’ll lose‚ the first time you take them Disney World‚ and so on until they die seventy-some years later. The problem is‚ most of the “firsts” in a child’s life happen weeks‚ even years after the baby is born. When a baby is born‚ some moms experience postpartum depression (PPD)‚ which is caused by low hormonal levels. For some people‚ depression only lasts for
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POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION Vedros A new baby‚ a new family member is usually a very exciting thing. Although many changing are taking place in mom and dad’s life‚ normally these are all good and positive things‚ and they are overjoyed with excitement. However‚ many mothers begin to experience scary negative feelings soon after the birth or their baby. This condition‚ if extreme‚ is called Postpartum Depression. Postpartum Depression is a terrible disorder because it can affect the mother’s health
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A Middle Range Theory of Postpartum Depression: Analysis and Application by Jennifer R. Marsh‚ RN BSN Abstract: This paper examines Cheryl Tatano Beck’s middle range theory of postpartum depression: Teetering on the Edge. Concepts and definitions of the theory are outlined‚ as well as assumptions and propositions. The postpartum depression theory is further examined and evaluated in its relation to the field of nursing‚ its applicability to practice‚ and author’s scope of practice.
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Beck’s Theory of postpartum depression Theory is an attempt to explain the world around us. It is defined as a set of concepts‚ definitions‚ and propositions that projects a view of phenomena by designating specific interrelationships among concepts for purposes of describing‚ explaining and predicting phenomena. In the world of healthcare the nurse through the understanding of theories attempt to explain why nurses do what they do. Nursing theories are the creative products of nurses who seek to
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English 111-802A. 2 May 2016 Postpartum Depression and How It Affect Marriages “The Yellow Wallpaper” written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman‚ is a short story that exposed a psychological problem called‚ postpartum depression. This paper will focus on the negative psychological impact that postpartum depressions have on marriages when both the wife and the husband are not educated about the condition and experienced different and unhelpful treatment for the depression based on the short story “The
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