Competency in obesity management: An educational intervention study with nurse practitioner students.

Background: The National Center for Health Statistics reported that obesity is at epidemic levels in the United States, with an estimated 70.7% of adults affected by overweight and obesity. The disease state of obesity affects all generations and is pervasive among all socioeconomic groups.

A Project to Improve Postpartum Depression Screening Practices Among Providers in a Community Women's Health Care Clinic.

Objective: The purpose of this project was to improve health care providers' postpartum depression (PPD) knowledge and screening practices with the implementation of a standardized screening tool.

Design: The plan-do-study-act model was used as a framework to measure and implement a practice change aimed at universal screening for PPD.

Setting/local Problem: Health care providers' screening practices for PPD were inconsistent and lacked use of a standardized screening tool at a southwestern U.