Depression During Pregnancy: Nursing Role, Interventions, and Care Essa

Introduction large(predicate) women be vulnerable to depression because of major changes in estrogen and progesterone levels as well as changes in the brain which produce momentous physical and psychological impacts (Stewart, 2011). Depression during pregnancy can affect non only the mother but the unborn child and other children. condole with for women who are depressed during pregnancy is in umteen respects divers(prenominal) from other types of caring. Caring in this situation is demanding and truly involves the intention to care. The women are diverse but most of them live in poverty, without social support, and many do not want the child (Sable & Washington, 2007). The nursing role is crush summarized as a moral i cross because of the level of acceptance involve by arrests. In terms of interventions, the women need to learn coping strategies to deal with stress but the most prominent need is social support. This report card will explore these three areas of nursing ro le, interventions, and care as they contain to the significant mother who is experiencing depression. It becomes clear in all the literature that the nurse requires the highest level of competence, skills, and knowledge in order to effectively manage these womens complex and diverse needs and concerns. BackgroundDepression is putting surface among pregnant women and about 13 percent of these women experience changes in their mental estate and functioning (Buck, 2009). While postpartum depression is even more common than depression during pregnancy, the rate of suicide is the same during the final six weeks of pregnancy as it is during the 12 weeks after delivery (Buck). Furthermore, the emphasis on postpartum depression tends to diminish the importance of depression which occurs during pregnancy. Among... ...ions during pregnancy and lactation. ledger of Psychosocial nurse & Mental Health Services, 47(5), 19-24. Joseph, J. & El-Mohandes, A. (2009). Reducing psychosocial and b ehavioral pregnancy risk factors Results of a randomized clinical trial among high-risk pregnant African- American women. American ledger of Public Health, 99(6), 1053-1062. Sable, M. & Washington, C. (2007). Social wellbeing in pregnant women. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing & Mental Health Services, 45(12), 24-32. Suppaseemanont, W. (2006). Depression in pregnancy. The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing, 31(1), 10-15. Stewart, Donna E. M.D. Depression during Pregnancy N Engl J Med 2011 3651605-1611 October 27, 2011. tissue 18 May 2015.http//www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMcp1102730Swinburne, C. (2008). Pressure to deliver. Nursing Standard, 22(19), 22-23.