Zhengzhou Depression: What are the nursing care for postpartum depression?

Postpartum Depression Care:

(1) Psychological care

First, pay close attention to the maternal mental state and vital signs. In the daily nursing process of the hospital, it is necessary to communicate with them more to understand their emotional state. For those with negative emotional tendencies, timely guidance and comfort should be given. It is necessary to stimulate the positive emotions of mothers by praising the newborn and yearning for a better life in the future. In the process of communication, it is necessary to show full understanding, respect and support to the puerpera, so as to significantly reduce the anxiety of the puerpera and make the treatment effect more significant.

(2) Create a good nurse-patient relationship

During pregnancy and childbirth, medical staff should maintain a good working attitude, provide scientific guidance to the puerpera, and be sincere and patient when carrying out the doctor’s orders, so as to prevent the impatient and perfunctory attitude of the puerpera from causing some bad associations and negative emotions, which in turn lead to postpartum depression. When communicating with mothers, be cautious, ensure that you are generous, sincere and professional, patiently respond to the reasonable requirements of the mothers and try to meet them, explain the questions raised in detail, always maintain a pleasant communication atmosphere, win the trust of the mothers, and provide follow-up care. The operation lays a foundation for the timely detection of maternal abnormal psychology, and then provides targeted help to reduce the incidence of maternal depression as much as possible.

(3) Good environmental maintenance

During the hospitalization of the mother, the nursing staff should keep the ward in good condition and ventilate regularly. Because of postpartum lochia and sweating, bed sheets and bedding should be changed in time to provide mothers with a clean and comfortable hospital environment while maintaining a suitable temperature. Cartoons of breastfeeding knowledge and newborn care precautions can be posted on the wall to divert the attention of mothers, better adapt to the changing role of mothers, and enhance mothers' sense of security and self-confidence.

(4) Strengthen health education during pregnancy.

The emergence of postpartum depression is largely due to the lack of maternal knowledge. Therefore, it is necessary to educate and strengthen health care for mothers from the beginning of pregnancy, especially for primiparas, who are completely unfamiliar with childbirth and postpartum life. Therefore, in the face of such stressful events, they did not do a good job of psychological construction, and in a relatively sudden situation, they produced a strong stress response, resulting in various emotions such as fear, confusion, depression, and worry. , and they can't find a reasonable way out. Therefore, it is necessary to explain the childbirth process from an objective point of view during pregnancy. We can regularly organize maternity schools, WeChat official accounts, WeChat groups, etc. At the same time, we call on the husbands or family members of pregnant women to actively participate, let them transition from pregnancy to postpartum, and strengthen their awareness of postpartum depression, so as to give pregnant women more care and tolerance during the postpartum "confinement" period. At the same time, during the health education period, mothers can communicate with pregnant women at the same time, share their own experiences and feelings, and gain a sense of identity and achievement. , which also helps them improve their social attributes and better understand themselves.