Bias

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Whether intentional or unintentional, bias by family nurse practitioners results in the creation of barriers that affect health care service delivery. Family nurse practitioners are taught how to avoid being biased while providing health care services. Nonetheless, some health care service providers do not abide by this requirement. According to Matthew (2015), bias can be dangerous, as it creates inappropriate interactions that can result in unwarranted reactions to patients, hence affecting health care. Besides, bias during patient care most certainly contributes to adverse health outcomes, for example, psychological effects; further, this paper covers personal bias as well as mitigating strategies.

            Bias towards people with various attributes affects the role of family nurse practitioners during the dispensation of health care services. Bias leads to the health care providers exhibiting flashes of discomfort when dealing with a patient thus this affects the effectiveness of the medical services being provided to the patients. In reality, bias creates room for adverse outcomes that subsequently result in patients avoiding follow-up medical check-ups. Further, according to Matthew (2015), the existence of bias negatively impacts the relationship that exists between the family nurse practitioner and the patients, as it affects trust and communication. Good medical care is affected by bias, notably, when the patient suffers from obesity, as such the patient's willingness to seek medical attention is affected.

            Without a doubt, as a family nurse practitioner, I was fortunate enough to identify my personal bias towards the patient with a history of drug abuse. As an implicit bias, it can be dangerous towards the health of my patients, considering it is essential that I provide adequate...