Becker's Healthcare November 7, 2023
Nurses tend to have more implicit bias toward transgender patients than non-nurse healthcare workers, according to a survey of more than 34,000 employees in the sector.
The survey analyzed data from the Harvard-developed Implicit Associations Test — which has become a widely used measure to surface known or unrealized biases toward race, religion, gender and sex in business and academic settings. In general, the data found that healthcare workers are more likely to show bias toward transgender individuals than those who do not work in the industry.
Additionally, the analysis highlighted that “healthcare professionals are less likely to know transgender people personally and that nurses are more likely...
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