Date of Award

Fall 12-2022

Degree Type

Dissertation/Thesis

Degree Name

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)

School

Leadership and Advanced Nursing Practice

Committee Chair

Dr. Lisa Morgan

Committee Chair School

Leadership and Advanced Nursing Practice

Committee Member 2

Dr. Carolyn Coleman

Committee Member 2 School

Leadership and Advanced Nursing Practice

Abstract

While prejudice and bias are eminent topics in our society, implicit bias or unconscious bias is not as easily detected. Even though implicit bias may be a familiar concept to many, numerous healthcare workers frequently do not recognize the extent of harm such biases can impose on patients' health and outcomes. The Blind Spot DNP project exposed in this research paper explores the relentless question of the correlation between implicit bias awareness, implicit bias education, and its impact on health care. This Doctor of Nursing Project (DNP) project aimed to analyze whether implicit bias education and testing could increase unconscious bias awareness and provide strategies to reduce such biases among nursing students at The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) within two weeks.

For two weeks, nursing students at The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) were allowed to participate in an educational video that portrayed implicit bias and its impact on health care and patient outcomes. A pre and post-survey allowed for the assessment of the effectiveness of the educational training. The following DNP project describes how increasing implicit bias awareness and providing strategies to reduce implicit bias among nursing students ultimately leads to improved decision-making strategies for patient care, improving patient outcomes, and helping decrease healthcare disparities in the community.

ORCID ID

0000-0002-7024-7055

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