Preventing Postpartum Complications: The Role of Home Healthcare Nurses.

Every 2 minutes, a mother who just gave birth dies. This paper reviews the most life-threatening postpartum complications: hemorrhage, depression, hypertensive crisis, clotting disorders, and sepsis. Home care nurses play a critical role in preventing such complications. Home visits offer the opportunity to recognize early warning signs, provide essential education, and promote urgent medical intervention. Strategies are provided for home health nurses to assess and educate mothers on effectively reducing these risks. Education on symptom recognition and when to seek help is vital as inadequate postpartum teaching is common. Hence, home care nurses can improve maternal health outcomes, reduce complications, and provide a safety net for new mothers. This paper emphasizes the importance of access to home care and using it as a powerful tool to combat preventable maternal mortality.