Health Equity

Meets Requirements for Washington State

Contact Hours:

2 Contact Hours

Author:

Desiree Reinken, PhD, APRN, NP-C

This peer-reviewed course is applicable for the following professions: 

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN), Athletic Trainer (AT/AL), Certified Nurse Midwife, Certified Nurse Practitioner, Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner, Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS), Dietetic Technicians, Registered (DTR), Dietitian/Nutritionist (RDN), Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), Licensed Vocational Nurses (LVN), Midwife (MW), Nursing Student, Occupational Therapist (OT), Occupational Therapist Assistant (OTA), Physical Therapist (PT), Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA), Registered Nurse (RN), Respiratory Care Practitioner, Respiratory Therapist (RT)

Accreditations: 

The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), The American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA), Board of Certification for Athletic Trainers (BOC)

State Approvals:

Alabama, Provider #ABNP1485; California BRN Provider #CEP # 13509; Kentucky Board of Nursing Provider #7-0085; Florida Board of Nursing Provider 50-353; Nevada Board of Physical Therapy; New York State Education Department’s State Board for Physical Therapy; Florida Physical Therapy Association Approval:  CE26-1232896

Course Description:

This course discusses health equity, including important factors like culture, personal variables, and implicit bias. It also discusses tactics to assess and mitigate bias and promote health equity.

Outcomes

≥ 92% of participants will know important concepts and factors of health equity.

Objectives

After completing this continuing education course, the participant will be able to complete the following objectives:

1. Define cultural competence in healthcare.
2. Describe implicit bias (IB).
3. Summarize the impact of historical racism.
4. Identify shared fundamental factors of culture.
5. Outline culturally linguistically appropriate services (CLAS).
6. Define lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and/or questioning (LGBTQ+) terms.
7. Recognize different types of IB.
8. Describe two methods used to assess and mitigate IB.
9. Outline why IB presents challenges in health care.
10. Identify goals of health equity.

Disclosures:
CEUFast Inc. and the course planning team for this educational activity do not have any relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.