Cognitive and implicit biases in nurses' judgment and decision-making: a scoping review.

Lorraine M Thirsk; Julia T Panchuk; Sarah Stahlke; Reidar Hagtvedt

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Cognitive and implicit biases in nurses' judgment and decision-making: a scoping review.

July 13, 2022

Thirsk LM, Panchuk JT, Stahlke S, et al. Int J Nurs Stud. 2022;133:104284.

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Biases in healthcare can compromise decision-making and lead to diagnostic errors and delays in diagnosis. This scoping review examines cognitive and implicit biases in nursing care. The authors found a breadth of evidence examining the presence of cognitive and implicit biases in nursing but identified limited evidence evaluating effective debiasing interventions.

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