Nurses in Kentucky were "required" to complete a "mandatory" "implicit bias" class on the "history of racism in healthcare" or risk facing possible loss of license, the Washington Examiner recently reported.
According to the outlet, the Kentucky Board of Nursing, a government agency, threatened to "discipline" health care workers who failed to complete the "mandatory continuing education" training course by July 1.
The class, created by the Kentucky Nurses Association, was presented by KNA Board of Directors Treasurer Arica Brandford and KNA CEO Delanor Manson.
In a comment to the Washington Examiner, Manson stated, "Perhaps it would be of value to research the effects of implicit bias in healthcare and the definition of implicit bias."