The Maternal Nurse Educator Is Conducting a Presentation for Antepartum

question 5

Multiple Choice

The maternal nurse educator is conducting a presentation for antepartum clients describing the identification and care of women diagnosed with postpartum psychiatric disorders. Which information should the maternal nurse educator include in the teaching content?

• A) Postpartum depression occurs in as many as 50% to 70% of mothers and is characterized by mild depression interspersed with happier feelings.
• B) Postpartum depression is typically mild and usually self-limiting, lasting up to 6 weeks.
• C) Even if she is asymptomatic, a woman with a history of postpartum depression should be referred to a mental health professional for counseling and biweekly visits postpartum.
• D) Women with postpartum depression have a history of exposure to an extremely traumatic personal event that involves actual or threatened death or serious injury and evokes intense fear, helplessness, or horror.

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Definitions:

Enantiomer

A molecule from a duo that resembles its counterpart as a mirror reflection but cannot be perfectly overlaid, similar to the relationship between the left and right hands.

Achiral Molecule

A molecule that is superimposable on its mirror image, lacking chirality or a distinct handedness.

Optical Activity

The ability of a substance to rotate the plane of polarization of polarized light, a property observed in chiral molecules.

Superimposable

Describes when two objects can be placed on top of each other, matching perfectly in shape and size.