The Women s Place At Texas s Children s Hospital

The Women’s Place at Texas’s Children’s Hospital, Pavilion for Women is dedicated to women’s reproductive health. Hormonal changes throughout pregnancy as well as post-pregnancy may affect the woman both emotional and physically. The Women’s Place serves as a program to treat the woman and her family at any point during the reproductive cycle. There are many disorders, issues, planning and management that The Women’s Place can assist with, including; Premenstrual dysphoric Disorder (PMDD), pre-pregnancy planning, infertility issues, fetal center and genetic counseling, prenatal care, psychiatric medication management, postpartum care, assistance during reproductive loss and grief and perimenopause and menopause. Although infection and†¦show more content†¦(2013). However, if the depression symptoms last longer than two weeks, it is important to ask for help. â€Å"Research has revealed that 10% to 20% of new mothers experience more serious postpartum symptoms† (The Women’s Place, 2014). The Women’s Place is a wonderful outlet for new mothers to confide in. If a mother is questioning whether she has postpartum blues or if she has significant postpartum depression, she can first go on The Women’s Place website and take the Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Screening Tool. This tool is a 10 question preliminary screening test for depression symptoms that states things such as â€Å"I have been able to laugh and see the funny side of things† and asks the new mother to rate how she feels from 0-3, â€Å"As much as I always could† to â€Å"Not at all.† This community resource utilizes nurses in several different methods in order to help women with postpartum. In this program, nurses are members of the profession because they assess and evaluate the patient needs and communicate with the medical team the care needed to be implemented in order to provide the patient with the proper resources, to promote a successful and positive postpartum experience. As well as working with members of the health care profession to assist the patient for an optimal outcome for the mother and baby.