POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION AND THE IMPORTANCE OF NURSING CARE

Poporodna depresija je eden najpogostejših zapletov poporodnega obdobja. Zajame celega človeka. Vpliva na razpoloženje, počutje, mišljenje in vedenje. Vpliva na to, kaj si človek misli o sebi in svojem življenju, kako čuti in doživlja svet okoli sebe, vpliva tudi na izvajanje nekaterih življenjskih aktivnosti. Glede na to, da lahko pušča posledice tako na zdravju žensk kot tudi njihovih otrok, si zasluži večjo pozornost s strani zdravstvenih delavcev. Medicinske sestre so namreč tisti zdravstveni strokovnjaki, katerim tuja strokovna literatura pripisuje glavno vlogo pri preprečevanju, odkrivanju in obravnavi psihičnih motenj v nosečnosti, med in po porodu. Namen diplomskega dela, ki je teoretičnega značaja, je predstaviti poporodno depresijo kot psihično motnjo z značilnimi duševnimi in telesnimi spremembami, izpostaviti najpomembnejše negovalne probleme pri pacientki s poporodno depresijo, poudariti pomen in predstaviti vlogo medicinske sestre pri obravnavi pacientke s poporodno depresijo. Naše ugotovitve so, da je pojavnost poporodne depresije pri mamicah zelo velika in da je tej bolezni potrebno nameniti več pozornosti, predvsem v smislu preventivne dejavnosti, pa tudi v času same bolezni. Ugotovili smo, da je zdravstveno osebje preobremenjeno, v stiski s časom, in zato velikokrat ne more nuditi tega, kar bi si pacientke želele, tega kar jim pripisuje strokovna literatura.Postpartum depression is one of the most common complications in the post-natal period. It captures the whole person. It impacts the mood, feelings, thinking and person\u27s behaviour. It affects on what person thinks of himself/herself and his/her life, how he/she feels and how he/she experiences the world around him/her. It also influences on some activities in life. Given the fact that it can leave consequences on women\u27s health and health of their children, it certainly needs more attention by health professionals. Nurses are in fact those health experts that are obliged to know about the prevention, detection and treatment of psychological disorders during and after the pregnancy. The purpose of this thesis, which is of theoretical nature, is to present postpartum depression as a psychological disorder with its specific mental and physical changes, to highlight the most important problems in patient care where patients suffer from postpartum depression and also to emphasize the importance of nurses and explain the role of them when it comes to treating patients with postnatal depression. We found that the incidence of postpartum depression in mothers is high and that this disease needs to get more attention, especially in terms of prevention as well as when the illness already occurs. We found that the health professionals are overloaded with work, lack time and therefore can not in many cases offer what the patients would desire or what professional literature advises