The nurse, telephoning postpartum clients, learns that one client says she has no appetite and wants to sleep all day. Which of the following does this information provide to the nurse?
1. The client may be experiencing postpartum depression.
2. The client is feeling blue which is normal.
3. The client is developing postpartum psychosis.
4. The client's sleep-wake cycle is disrupted.
1. The client may be experiencing postpartum depression.
Rationale:
Lack of appetite and the desire to sleep are symptoms of developing postpartum depression. The client could be developing postpartum depression and not just "the blues.". The client would need to have more acute symptoms such as hearing voices to consider postpartum psychosis. The nurse has no way of knowing what the client's sleep-wake cycle is, so this choice is incorrect.
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