1) How does implicit bias affect health care providers?
2) Nurses with implicit biases may demonstrate less compassion for certain patient and invest less time and effort in the therapeutic relationship with them, adversely affecting assessment and care.
a) Explain how this statement conflicts with the appropriate Nursing’s Professional Value: Human dignity.
b) Explain how nurses with implicit bias may conflict with the 4 key principles of combined theories of Utilitarian and Deontological theories:
3) What does it mean to recognize implicit bias?
4) What implicit biases have you recognized in yourself?
5) Describe 2 best practices discussed in the article.
a) How will you as a nurse plan to adhere to nursing’s best practices?