NR5OO Week 3 Assignment: Addressing Bias

NR5OO Week 3 Assignment: Addressing Bias

Addressing Bias In this paper, I will discuss my own personal bias, how my own bias influences interactions, and affect outcomes of my nursing practice. I will discuss a strategy to overcome my own bias in my nursing practice. Lastly, I will reflect on what I have learned from this assessment and how I will change my future nursing practice based on this assessment. According to Stone and Moskowitz (2011), acknowledged bias is a sensitive topic to address. Recent studies have unveiled evidence that strongly suggests that non-conscious social biases are one of the causes of the persistence of the observed disparities in health care (Champman, Kaatz, & Carnes, 2013). My Personal Bias I have been an emergency room nurse for two years and my nursing experience has taught me early on in my professional practice about social justice and dignity: to respect the basic rights of every human; regardless of circumstances, culture, background, ethnicity, race, or sex. As a future nurse practitioner, I