Senate Committee approves expanded implicit bias training for healthcare workers in maternal health
A Senate committee passed a proposal Wednesday to expand implicit bias training for healthcare workers who provide maternal health care.
Implicit Bias Training Betters Psychiatric Care at One Seattle Hospital
LONG BEACH, Calif. — Staff training in implicit bias curbed racial disparities in the use of mechanical restraints at one Seattle hospital, a researcher reported. From 2015-2017, about 13% of ethnic minority patients were restrained in the psychiatric units at Harborview Medical Center versus just over 8% of white patients, explained Timothy Meeks, MN, RN, […]
Nurse Protests Her Firing Over Refusal to Take Implicit Bias Training
A Texas nurse said she was fired for refusing to take implicit bias training, claiming that states across the U.S. are forcing healthcare professionals to “make false confessions of racism,” and that she “refused to go along.” Laura Morgan, RN, said that she was let go from Dallas-based Baylor Scott & White Health in February, […]