Implementation of a Perinatal Depression Care Bundle in a Nurse-Managed Midwifery Practice.

Objective: To implement a perinatal depression care bundle at a midwifery practice to help certified nurse-midwives (CNMs) educate women about perinatal depression and direct those affected to mental health services.

Design: Quality improvement project to implement a perinatal depression care bundle for care of pregnant women between 24 and 29 weeks gestation.

Setting/local Problem: CNMs practicing in a nurse-managed midwifery practice systematically screen all women for perinatal depression during pregnancy and the postpartum period but do not have a consistent method of providing anticipatory guidance about perinatal depression.

Group-based interventions for postpartum depression: An integrative review and conceptual model.

This integrative review explores how and to what extent group-based therapy and social support interventions affect women's recovery from postpartum depression (PPD). Thirteen articles from three databases met inclusion criteria. The studies revealed that a group environment of acceptance and understanding set a foundation for women to share their experiences with PPD.