NR 503 Week 8 Final Quiz (LATEST) 100% Correct
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1. Implicit Bias: involuntarily activated; spontaneous; conveyed indirectly; unaware
2. Explicit Bias: voluntarily activated; planned; conveyed directly; aware/conscious
3. racial bias: -Many white medical students wrongly believe Black people have a
higher pain tolerance than white people.
4. sexual identity bias: -Perceived discrimination from healthcare professionals
can contribute to LGBTQIA+ people avoiding treatment
-noted that avoidance of healthcare is part of the reason LGBTQIA+ people have
higher rates of:
~cardiovascular disease
~asthma
~substance misuse
~obesity
~suicide
5. age bias: -healthcare professionals were more likely to assume that older adult
patients will be:
~unwilling to receive treatment;
~offensive;
~helpless;
~demanding
-healthcare professionals may be less likely to recommend older adults for invasive
or aggressive procedures, feel that this is a more "compassionate" choice, BUT
missing out on these treatments can result in lower quality of life for older adults and
possibly cause death.
6. obesity bias: -healthcare professionals can view people with obesity as:
~lazy;
~weak-willed;
~lacking self-control;
~unwilling to follow recommendations;
~unlikely to stick to treatments
-prone to attributing a person's symptoms to their obesity=recommend that a person
lose weight rather than providing treatment for their condition.
-person with obesity receives poor treatment from their healthcare provider= wont
seek help when they need it.
7. socioeconomic status bias: -physicians may be less likely to think that people
from low socioeconomic backgrounds are:
~intelligent;
~independent;
~responsible;
~rational;
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, NR 503 Week 8 Final Quiz (LATEST) 100% Correct
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~likely to comply with medical advice or return for follow-up treatments
-physicians were more likely to delay testing and avoid referral for specialty treat-
ments
8. goal in managing implicit bias should be to increase equality in health
care delivery and improve multicultural awareness and competence. Research
suggests....: -workshops, training, and continuing education for practitioners are
essential to foster multicultural competence.
~Increase opportunities for contact with individuals from different groups
~Don't stereotype patients; individuate them
~Evidence-based decision making rather than "gut instinct"
~Be aware of body language and verbal language
~Partnership building (collaborate as equals)
9. address bias by... (3): 1) know your implicit bias
2) take a societal inventory
3) create a diversity of friends
10. how does implicit bias affect health care?:
11. Life Span: the age beyond which no one can expect to live (110-120 years for
human)
12. Life Expectancy: average number of years lived by any group of individuals
born in the same period (77.28 years as of 2020)
13. Chronologic Age: calendar time since birth
14. Functional Age: based on performance capacities
15. Functional assessments (2): Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) and Instrumental
Activities of Daily Living (IADLs)
16. Activities of Daily Living (ADLs): oral hygiene care, eating/swallowing, dress-
ing, bathing/personal hygiene
17. Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADLs): the activities of da ily living
needed for independent living
med management, transportation, shopping/meal prep, money manage ment,
housekeeping/management
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1. Implicit Bias: involuntarily activated; spontaneous; conveyed indirectly; unaware
2. Explicit Bias: voluntarily activated; planned; conveyed directly; aware/conscious
3. racial bias: -Many white medical students wrongly believe Black people have a
higher pain tolerance than white people.
4. sexual identity bias: -Perceived discrimination from healthcare professionals
can contribute to LGBTQIA+ people avoiding treatment
-noted that avoidance of healthcare is part of the reason LGBTQIA+ people have
higher rates of:
~cardiovascular disease
~asthma
~substance misuse
~obesity
~suicide
5. age bias: -healthcare professionals were more likely to assume that older adult
patients will be:
~unwilling to receive treatment;
~offensive;
~helpless;
~demanding
-healthcare professionals may be less likely to recommend older adults for invasive
or aggressive procedures, feel that this is a more "compassionate" choice, BUT
missing out on these treatments can result in lower quality of life for older adults and
possibly cause death.
6. obesity bias: -healthcare professionals can view people with obesity as:
~lazy;
~weak-willed;
~lacking self-control;
~unwilling to follow recommendations;
~unlikely to stick to treatments
-prone to attributing a person's symptoms to their obesity=recommend that a person
lose weight rather than providing treatment for their condition.
-person with obesity receives poor treatment from their healthcare provider= wont
seek help when they need it.
7. socioeconomic status bias: -physicians may be less likely to think that people
from low socioeconomic backgrounds are:
~intelligent;
~independent;
~responsible;
~rational;
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, NR 503 Week 8 Final Quiz (LATEST) 100% Correct
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~likely to comply with medical advice or return for follow-up treatments
-physicians were more likely to delay testing and avoid referral for specialty treat-
ments
8. goal in managing implicit bias should be to increase equality in health
care delivery and improve multicultural awareness and competence. Research
suggests....: -workshops, training, and continuing education for practitioners are
essential to foster multicultural competence.
~Increase opportunities for contact with individuals from different groups
~Don't stereotype patients; individuate them
~Evidence-based decision making rather than "gut instinct"
~Be aware of body language and verbal language
~Partnership building (collaborate as equals)
9. address bias by... (3): 1) know your implicit bias
2) take a societal inventory
3) create a diversity of friends
10. how does implicit bias affect health care?:
11. Life Span: the age beyond which no one can expect to live (110-120 years for
human)
12. Life Expectancy: average number of years lived by any group of individuals
born in the same period (77.28 years as of 2020)
13. Chronologic Age: calendar time since birth
14. Functional Age: based on performance capacities
15. Functional assessments (2): Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) and Instrumental
Activities of Daily Living (IADLs)
16. Activities of Daily Living (ADLs): oral hygiene care, eating/swallowing, dress-
ing, bathing/personal hygiene
17. Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADLs): the activities of da ily living
needed for independent living
med management, transportation, shopping/meal prep, money manage ment,
housekeeping/management
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