What would you say to the nurse who told Mrs. L, “I am sure that delaying your lunch until we get you settled won’t hurt you a bit?”
How can the nurse who made these statements improve her biases: “Isn’t it sad that all she can seem to focus on is her lunch? She needs to be on a strict diet.”
Select one of the articles found under Additional Resources and examine how the information presented may impact your nursing practice and help you understand the stigma associated with obesity.
Additional Resources:
Implicit bias in healthcare professionals: a systematic review.
FitzGerald C, Hurst S.BMC Med Ethics. 2017 Mar 1;18(1):19. doi: 10.1186/s12910-017-0179-8.PMID: 28249596 Free PMC article. Review.
Exploring unconscious bias in disparities research and medical education.
van Ryn M, Saha S.JAMA. 2011 Sep 7;306(9):995-6. doi: 10.1001/jama.2011.1275.PMID: 21900142 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
Avoiding unconscious bias.
Rimmer A.BMJ. 2016 Aug 10;354:i4366. doi: 10.1136/bmj.i4366.PMID: 27511864 No abstract available.
Cultural sensitvty, unconscious bias and quality of health care.
Kale S, Hong CS.J Fam Health. 2017 Mar;27(2):28-31.PMID: 29727105 No abstract available.
The Efficacy of an Antioppression Curriculum for Health Professionals.
Wu D, Saint-Hilaire L, Pineda A, Hessler D, Saba GW, Salazar R, Olayiwola N.Fam Med. 2019 Jan 7;51(1):22-30. doi: 10.22454/FamMed.2018.227415.PMID: 30412265
