title: Identification of mothers at risk for postpartum depression by hospital-based perinatal nurses.
abstract: In the western world, most women deliver their infants in a hospital setting. The purposes of this article are to provide guidelines and suggest best practices related to hospital-based care for postpartum depression by perinatal nurses; with this information, policies, procedures, and educational programs can be implemented to improve nursing care of new mothers. Hospital-based perinatal nurses need to "launch" new mothers from the hospital into the community so that the new mothers are prepared for self-monitoring for symptoms of depression, and know what steps to take if they do experience depressive symptoms.
authors.affiliation: University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA. Mclogs01@Louisville.edu
authors.forename: M Cynthia
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Logsdon
authors.forename: Roselyn
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tomasulo
authors.forename: Diane
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Eckert
authors.forename: Cheryl
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Beck
authors.forename: Cindy Lee
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Dennis
mesh_terms: D019052:Depression, Postpartum / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006771:Hospitals, Maternity; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening; D016389:Maternal-Child Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000523:psychology*; D011181:Postnatal Care / Q000523:psychology / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D057184:Practice Patterns, Nurses'; D012307:Risk Factors; D012944:Social Support