ASSIGNMENT: ADDRESSING BIAS

PURPOSE: In today's current healthcare settings, the increasing diversity, globalization, and expanding technologies produce complex ethical pressures that influence nursing practice and practice outcomes. To be effective in amaster's-prepared advanced nurse practice role it is important to understand personal values, beliefs, strengths, and limitations. The purpose of this assessment is to promote introspective reflection related to implicit and/or explicit personal biases. Students will develop a plan to reduce bias and promote personal and professional growth.

COURSE OUTCOMES

Through this assessment, the student will meet the following Course Outcomes.

CO1: Examine roles and competencies of master's-prepared nurses essential to performing as leaders and advocates of safe and quality care.

CO2: Apply concepts of person-centered care to nursing practice situations.

REQUIREMENTS: Criteria for Content

Complete a self-inventory on personal biases you hold. The biases might be implicit or explicit.

1. In a one to two-pagesummary, address the following.

a. Identify your selected specialty track (education, executive, family nurse practitioner, healthcare policy, or nursing informatics).

b. Discuss how biases can impact outcomes in selected nursing practice settings.

c. Identify personal biases and attitudes toward people with various cultural, gender, sexual orientation, age, weight, and religions that are different than your own.

d. Select one bias that you have.

e. Develop one strategy to reduce this bias.