Puerperium is defined as the time from the delivery of the placenta through the first few weeks after the delivery. This period is usually considered to be 6 weeks in duration. By 6 weeks after delivery, most of the changes of pregnancy, labor, and delivery have resolved and the body has reverted to the nonpregnant state.
A postpartum period or postnatal period is the period beginning immediately after the birth of a child and extending for about six weeks.
The puerperium or the postpartum period lasts for 6 weeks. It is divided into three phases:
Immediate Postpartum: the 24-hour period immediately following delivery.
Early Postpartum or puerperium: upto 7 days.
Remote postpartum or puerperium: upto 6 weeks.
Nursing Diagnosis
Nursing diagnosis that appears on the client postpartum according to Marilyn Doengoes, 2001, include :
A postpartum period or postnatal period is the period beginning immediately after the birth of a child and extending for about six weeks.
The puerperium or the postpartum period lasts for 6 weeks. It is divided into three phases:
Immediate Postpartum: the 24-hour period immediately following delivery.
Early Postpartum or puerperium: upto 7 days.
Remote postpartum or puerperium: upto 6 weeks.
Nursing Diagnosis
Nursing diagnosis that appears on the client postpartum according to Marilyn Doengoes, 2001, include :
- Pain (acute) / discomfort related to mechanical trauma, edema / tissue enlargement or distention, hormonal effects.
- Self-care Deficit related to the weakness of the body.
- Breastfeeding ineffective related to the level of knowledge, previous experience, the baby's gestational age, level of support, the structure of the physical characteristics of the breast.
- Risk for injury related to biochemistry, regulatory functions (eg orthostatic hypotension, eclampsia); the effects of anesthesia; thromboembolism; abnormal blood profile (anemia, rubella sensitivity, Rh incompatibility).
- Risk for infection related to tissue trauma and / or damage to the skin, decreased hemoglobin, invasive procedures and / or an increase in environmental improvement, rupture of membranes in a long time, malnutrition.
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