Addressing Implicit Bias in Nursing Questions

A 2003 report from the Institute of medicine (IOM) confirmed that patients belonging to racial and ethnic minority groups: a. Receive adequate but not superior healthcare services b. Encounter a lack of healthcare access c. Have barriers to health care similar to impoverished populations

b

Among the following, provider racial bias most adversely affects: a. Recovery from an acute illness b. Social integration and life satisfaction c. Medication of the symptoms of chronic illness

b

Implicit bias is defined as: a. Mental shortcuts that help people some up and respond to situations quickly b. Unconscious attitudes that precipitate unintentional discriminatory behavior c. Set ideas that are deliberate and often inaccurate about what someone is like

b

Implicit biases among health care providers are associated with which of the following negative effects on patient care? a. Delay in discharging patients b. Less time involved in patient care c. Lack of referrals for specialty care

b

Waller and colleagues reported that nurses may be prone to implicit bias when caring for patients who are: a. poor b. obese c. illiterate

b

Despite an individuals commitment to egalitarian values, implicit biases may be triggered by hidden perceptions, attitudes, or... a. Memories b. Activities c. Partners

a

Heuristics are defined as: a. Mental shortcuts that help people some up and respond to situation quickly b. Unconscious attitudes that precipitate unintentional discriminatory behavior c. Set ideas, often inaccurate, that people have about what someone or some thing is like

a

In their systematic review, Hall and colleagues found that most healthcare providers harbor implicit bias towards people: a. of color b. Who are elderly c. Who have mental illness

a

The joint commission and the Institute for healthcare improvement urge healthcare providers to evaluate an address disparities: a. In their personal practices b. Among affiliated professional groups c. With their local congressional representatives

a

What does the T in the S.T.O.P. mindfulness technique stand for? a. Take some slow, deep breaths b. Teach yourself to process emotional reactions c. Think about the values affecting the patient encounter

a

Which of the following strategies for mitigating implicit bias challenges nurses to understand what patients are thinking and feeling, thus seeing their illness through their eyes? a. Individuation b. Perspective taking c. Partnership building

b

Fitzgerald and Hurst suggested that, compared with the population at large, implicit bias occurred among health care providers: a. less often b. more often c. at about the same rate

c

In addition to elimination of healthcare disparities, three recent publications by the US Department of health and human services include which of the following among their overarching goals? a. Integration of complementary therapies b. Better pain management c. Increased longevity

c

Stereotypes are often pejorative characterizations of groups of people that are: a. A result of International travel b. Consciously accepted and practiced c. Based on limited previous encounters

c

The IHI recommends reducing bias through individuation, which is: a. Developing relationships with members of a different group b. Working with patients as equals toward a common goal c. Learning about the personal history of the individual

c

The IOM reported that one of the contributing factors to US healthcare disparities is: a. Scarce healthcare facilities in undeserved communities b. Lack of clinician education in thorough assessment and diagnosis c. Clinician bias towards patients of racial, ethnic, or cultural minorities

c

The key to developing a therapeutic relationship with a patient is: a. Viewing the patient as a collaborative partner b. Providing culturally competent care c. True caring for the patient

c

Which of the following self interventions to mitigate implicit bias is specifically related to mindfulness and perspective taking? a. Counterstereotypic imaging b. Partnership building c. Emotional regulation

c