NURS 110 INTRODUCTION TO NURSING IMPLICIT BIAS ACTIVITY Instructions: Read – Im

NURS 110
INTRODUCTION TO NURSING
IMPLICIT BIAS ACTIVITY
Instructions:
Read – Implicit Bias in Nursing article (in Canvas)
Answer the following questions (In paragraph form, APA format)
Submit to Canvas Assignments under the Implicit Bias Activity
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?