A 26-year-old woman who gave birth to a normal newborn 1 month ago reports she cannot cope with being a mom. She is unable to sleep, eats little, and says she feels like a failure because she can't take care of her baby
She has been thinking her baby is "the devil's work" and the cause of her problems. She sits and stares into space, her face a worried, perplexed mask. What would be the priority nursing diagnosis for this patient? a. Risk for impaired attachment
b. Disturbed thought processes
c. Situational low self-esteem
d. Risk for other-directed violence
D
When the mother with depression of postpartum onset has ruminations or delusional thoughts about the infant, the risk for harming the infant is increased; thus it becomes the priority diagnosis. The other diagnoses are relevant but are of lower priority.
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