"Staff Education Project Depression Screening Education" by Olayemi Ikhile

Date of Conferral

1-28-2025

Degree

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)

School

Nursing

Advisor

Corinne Wheeler

Abstract

The primary care setting is one of the most common settings where patients with depression present. Despite this, many primary care clinicians may not feel adequately equipped to diagnose and treat depression effectively. Increasing depression screening is one of the ways to improve the early detection and treatment of depression in primary care settings. This paper describes a staff education project on depression screening among nurses at a primary care health clinic in the South-Central area of the United States. The purpose of the project was to develop, implement, and evaluate a staff education program on depression screening. The goal was to improve staff knowledge of depression screening in the primary care setting. The project was developed using the analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation (ADDIE) framework. A 10-question pretest and posttest questionnaire was administered, and the results were analyzed using the learning gain percentages formula. Feedback was also collected through a program evaluation survey to evaluate satisfaction with the program. Among the 10 participants, the score increased from M = 6.9 to M = 7.8, resulting in a learning gain of 25.0%. These outcomes suggest that the educational intervention slightly improved the staff’s knowledge about depression screening. The project supports nursing practice by improving awareness and knowledge about screening for depression on all patients providing more equitable care, thus, promoting a positive social change. It is recommended that additional educational sessions be implemented with a different evaluation tool to measure knowledge gain.

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