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Accommodation set in a university hospital: postpartum depression in nurses’ perspective

2014; UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ESTADO DO RIO DE JANEIRO; Volume: 6; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.9789/2175-5361.2014v6n2p1202

2175-5361

Danielle Freitas, Bianca Job Medolago Vieira, Valdecyr Herdy Alves, Diego Pereira Rodrigues, Diva Cristina Leão, Amanda Pereira de Carvalho Cruz, Capriata Azevedo, Maria Aparecida Munhóz Gaíva,

Resilience and Mental Health

Objective: knowing the nurses' understanding from the accommodation-set about postpartum depression; and identify the perception of these nurses related to importance of guidelines for postpartum depression to puerperal women.Method: this is a descriptive, exploratory research, of qualitative approach, with five (5) nurses from the accommodation-set of a Hospital in Niterói/RJ, in the year 2011.The data were collected by semi-structured interviews and treated in accordance with the precepts of the content analysis, complying with the thematic analysis technique, after approval of the research project by the Research Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Medicine/HUAP/UFF, CAAE n. 0215.0.258.000-11,through favorable protocol no.206/11.Results: the nurses find it difficult to provide a specific assistance and qualified to postpartum women because of lack of knowledge about this disorder.Conclusion: those nurses must have knowledge about postpartum depression to facilitate the approach and the care to postpartum women and family.