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The Harvard Implicit Bias Test presents various facial and body images in rapid
succession allowing the viewer to make quick judgments about individual images.

What are your thoughts about this test generally – validity and reliability of results?

What did your results reveal to you that were surprising or expected?

How do you feel about your results in terms of providing culturally congruent care?

Share your thoughts about the article “Dismantling racism in education:

In 2020, the year of the nurse & midwife,

“it’s time.” Nurse Education Today. 93, 1-3. Does some or all of what the author
writes ring true for you? Explain.

Harvard Implicit Bias Test

Implicit biases in nursing practice are the reason behind increased health care disparities

experienced by minority groups. Implicit bias is described as "unconscious attitudes that

precipitate unintentional discriminatory behavior" (Contrada, 2019, p. 44). The description

indicates that nurses mostly engage in these practices unintentionally. However, some may

engage in such practices based on clouded judgment. The minority groups face obstacles when

seeking quality health care services as nurses engage in implicitly biased practices by

discriminating against patients with given characteristics (Gopal et al., 2021, p. 40). Implicit bias

is linked to outside conscious knowledge, and as a result, without a test highlighting a pattern of

biasness, nurses engage in discriminatory acts without their knowledge. The Harvard Implicit

Bias Test is among the most effective tests highlighting behaviors that allude to implicit

biasness. All nurses need to take an implicit bias test to identify the unconscious biases that

negate the quality of care services offered to a given category of patients.

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Camphna Bacote model of care 2015) “emphsizd on the culturtural care learning for

health care professionals to see image of God ( there should be no bias) in their patients in order

to generate loving care , humanity, as well as compassion ”. In other words Camphina Bacote

model has five concepts and health care professionals must regards themselves as being

culturally competent like cultural awareness , cultural knowledge, cultural skills, cultural

encounter and cultural desire ( p88).

My first Harvard Implicit test results reveal that I am unconsciously biased against black

people, while the second test shows that I am biased against white people. Biasness against a

group of patients adversely impacts the effort and professionalism that goes into planning and

executing a care plan for the group members (Gopal et al., 2021, p. 45). Based on my results, it is

highly probable that in the past, I may have rendered substandard services to the identified group

of patients that I am discriminatory towards. Nevertheless, now that I am aware of my biasness, I

am willing to engage in practices that will overcome it. Overcoming implicit biases is critical in

healthcare as it ensures that the quality of care is standard and precise across all patients

(Fitzgerald & Hurst, 2017, p. 2). Eliminating implicit bias among healthcare providers ensures

that every patient is treated fairly. The phenomena translate to improved healthcare and patient

outcomes.

Overall, implicit biases negate the quality delivery of health care services offered to

discriminate groups. All patients deserve equal and quality care services, which makes it

essential for nurses to take an implicit bias test to understand the category of clients there, are

biased against. Non-judgmental and equality are the defining principles of nursing practice that

are only attainable when nurses are aware of their biasness. Implicit biases and means of

overcoming them is an important learning area in the nursing profession.

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Works Cited

Camphina – Bacote, J (2015). A Biblically Based Model of cultural competence. Retrieved from

http://transculturalcare.net/ , pp 88.abiblically based- model- of cultural- competence/

Contrada, Emily. "1 CE Test Hour: Addressing Implicit Bias In Nursing: A Review." AJN,

American Journal of Nursing, vol. 119, no. 7, 2019, p. 44. Ovid Technologies (Wolters

Kluwer Health), https://doi.org/10.1097/01.naj.0000569344.35283.52.

FitzGerald, Chloë, and Samia Hurst. "Implicit Bias In Healthcare Professionals: A Systematic

Review." BMC Medical Ethics, vol. 18, no. 1, 2017. Springer Science and Business

Media LLC, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12910-017-0179-8.

Gopal, Dipesh P et al. "Implicit Bias in Healthcare: Clinical Practice, Research and Decision

Making." Future Healthcare Journal, vol. 8, no. 1, 2021, pp. 40-48. Royal College Of

Physicians, https://doi.org/10.7861/fhj.2020-0233.