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Mind Your Mama! Addressing Implicit Bias, Racism, Antiracism, And Reproductive Justice With Healthcare Providers To Improve Maternal Outcomes, Caroline Toby
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Projects
Background: Maternal health care providers’ implicit racial biases affect quality of care and have serious repercussions, including significantly increased rates of maternal mortality among Black women. Implicit bias training, particularly involving multipronged approaches stretched over time, is effective at increasing bias awareness and gaining practical skills to prevent bias from impacting patient care. Purpose: The purpose of this quality improvement project was to elevate implicit bias awareness and use of evidence-based strategies by resident physicians in order to decrease negative outcomes for Black women receiving maternity care. Methods: An educational intervention was implemented with obstetrics and gynecological residents in a …
Kind Communication: An Educational Intervention To Raise Nurse Resident's Awareness Towards Decreasing Implicit Bias Through Effective Communication Strategies, Khadijah Tuitt
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Projects
Background: There is an increasing need for healthcare institutions to become more aware of how provider biases can affect patient outcomes and contribute to health care disparities for Black and other diverse populations. Implicit biases can result in poor patient outcomes and a breakdown in trust between patients and health care providers.
Purpose: To educate nurse residents on the use of the Kinesics, Inclusive, Non-biased and Deliverable KIND, Communications technique to decrease biases during interactions.
Methods: Nurses enrolled in the institutions Nurse Residency program participated in the training session during their monthly educational meeting. Education was provided using …