Okay, I saved this module for the last, but I enjoyed the readings - I think we all have biases and the more we practice, the more biases' we have, but not only the amount of time in practice, but also the settings that we practice in. The articles highlighted this fact for me, I do tend to have biases' but I also believe that they are of value as long as the patient is being treated with quality clinical care. Nursing quality data needs to support decisions made in the clinical setting. Decision support systems is the ability to support these good quality decisions and the input of quality nursing data is essential. We must as nurse practitioners continue to ensure this. Sorry, this is weak but...it's done.
Juanita - I thought it was interesting that you value your biases... you have a point. Kahneman & Tversky won a Nobel prize for their work, but there was also some follow up work related to "fast & frugal heuristics". basically, not all heuristics are bad - some are useful...
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