Discussion on Depression
One of the issues patients who face a drawn out illness or an extend hospital stay deal with is a tendency to become depressed. How does a patient’s age influence the way in which depression can manifest? How does the nurse’s role differ when working with patients with depression based on the clinical setting? Please answer the following:
WRITE 1 -2 PAGES DISCUSSION :
Describe depression-related problems that patients may have. If you have worked or are currently working in patient care, you may choose to describe problems that you have actually encountered.
Find an article in the professional nursing literature in the Walden Library that provides strategies that might help patients with depression in your work setting.
Share the reference and discuss at least two nursing interventions that BSN nurses could use to help patients with these problems.