Implicit Racial Bias Attitudes and Mitigation in Neonatal Nurse Practitioners: A Quality Improvement Project.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-1-2023

Identifier

DOI: 10.1891/NN-2023-0006

Abstract

PURPOSE: to assess the impact of education using the implicit bias recognition and management (IBRM) teaching approach.

DESIGN: longitudinal quasi-experimental design. Surveys at baseline, immediate postimplementation, and 4-week postimplementation using the modified version of the Attitudes Toward Implicit Bias Instrument (ATIBI). The 4-week survey included items about implicit bias recognition and mitigation strategies.

SAMPLE: thirty-six neonatal nurse practitioners assigned to the NICU in a Midwest urban children's hospital.

RESULTS: one-way repeated-measures analysis of variance was used, and the score range was 16-96. The results showed a statistically significant model, F (1.49, 707.97) = 34.46, p M = 73.08, SD = 9.36) to immediate postimplementation (M = 80.06, SD = 8.19), p M = 79.28, SD = 10.39), p = .744.

CONCLUSIONS: The IBRM teaching approach improved scores from baseline on a modified ATIBI that remained improved 4 weeks after the education.

Journal Title

Neonatal network : NN

Volume

42

Issue

4

First Page

192

Last Page

201

MeSH Keywords

Child; Infant, Newborn; Humans; Racism; Bias, Implicit; Quality Improvement; Attitude of Health Personnel; Nurse Practitioners

Keywords

attitudes toward implicit bias instrument; health equity; implicit bias mitigation strategies; implicit bias recognition and management; neonatal intensive care unit; quality improvement

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