Author Question: A nursing instructor asks the students to differentiate between postpartum blues, depression, and ... (Read 43 times)

HCHenry · **on:** Jun 27, 2018

A nursing instructor asks the students to differentiate between postpartum blues, depression, and postpartum psychosis. Which of the following responses by the students would indicate that they know the difference between the three conditions?

a. With postpartum blues, the mother may feel she is in control of the situation.
b. In postpartum psychosis, the mother has delusions and hallucinations.
c. Postpartum depression usually occurs within 3 to 10 days after delivery.
d. Women experiencing postpartum psychosis are reality oriented and feel in control of the situation.

Question 2

Prior to preparing a woman for a cesarean section, the nurse is legally responsible for

a. obtaining informed consent from the client
b. writing a nursing plan of care
c. explaining the procedure to the husband
d. assuming the fetus is in distress and beginning emergency measures

carlsona147 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 27, 2018

Answer to Question 1

B
The instructor would recognize that the students understand the difference if the students indicated that a mother experiencing postpartum psychosis would most likely experience delusions and hallucinations. Postpartum blues generally occurs within 3 to 10 days after delivery. The symptoms include feeling overwhelmed, tearful, fatigued, irritable, oversensitive, anxious, and having poor concentration or poor appetite. Postpartum depression occurs later than postpartum blues and can occur around the fourth week postpartum, and may occur anytime within the first year. Women who experiences postpartum psychosis loose touch with reality.

Answer to Question 2

A
Obtaining informed consent is a legal action required prior to an invasive procedure. Writing a nursing care plan is a responsible action on the part of the nurse, but it is not required prior to an invasive procedure. Explaining procedures to the husband is legally and ethically responsible, but it is not required prior to an invasive procedure, for instance in the absence of the significant other. Not all cesarean sections are performed due to fetal distress.