For New Nurses & Nursing Students

Implicit Bias Education for New Nurses & Nursing Students: California Edition

⏰ 60 minutes (plus optional activities)

🏆 1.0 ANCC Continuing Education credit available

📜 Certificate of Completion

⚖️ Meets the requirements of CA AB 1407 for New Nurses and Nursing Students

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Lead subject matter experts were Dovidio and van Ryn (Humanitas Institute) and Phelan (Mayo). Thank you to Przedworski for shepherding the course to completion and to countless learners who gave valuable input. Sponsored by Humanitas Institute.
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What Your Colleagues Say:

"It shares a similar goal with many other courses (preventing unconscious bias from negatively impacting patients) but more successfully offers actions and mindsets which can help providers to mitigate their existing unconscious biases."

“Great training on a very important topic not only in health care, but in our everyday lives.”

"Not what I expected - I loved it!"

“I appreciate this course for its ability to increase self-awareness, promote cultural sensitivity, and encourage open-mindedness. It enhances the quality of care by ensuring all individuals are treated with respect and equity."

Why This Matters in California

Since January 2023, California Assembly Bill 1407 (AB 1407) has required newly licensed nurses and nursing students to complete one hour of implicit bias training within their first two years of practice. 

For California’s diverse patient population, this training is more than a legal requirement—it’s a critical step toward building trust, safety, and equity in healthcare. Nurses entering the profession today have the opportunity to strengthen their skills in self-awareness, communication, and culturally responsive care from the very beginning of their careers.

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Part One,
Protecting Yourself & Your Patients from Implicit Bias


Provides learners with foundational knowledge and essential insights into the nature of unintended, implicit biases.


Learners will be able to:

  • Describe the source and nature of implicit biases
  • Provide examples of how implicit bias can affect care
  • Describe 5 evidence-based bias-prevention strategies


(Part One corresponds to Section 2786 e1a, e1b, e1c, e1d of CA law AB 1407)
Part Two, 
Understanding & Addressing Racial & Ethnic Bias During a Healthcare Crisis


Builds on and reinforces the knowledge and insights gained from Part One and adds key structural competency topics.

Learners will be able to: 

  • Describe why and how stress exacerbates unintended biases
  • Explain the benefits of understanding social structure for providing high-quality care to all patients
  • Provide examples of how they will apply evidence-based bias prevention to improve patient care


(Part Two corresponds to Section 2786 e1a, e1b, e1c, e1d, e1f, e1g, e1h, e1j, e1l of CA law AB 1407)
Part Three, 
Dignity in Childbirth & Pregnancy: Preventing Racial Bias in Perinatal Care Foundations  


Further builds on and reinforces the knowledge and insights gained from preceding eLearning experiences and adds additional insights into the roots of racial bias in the US.

Learners will be able to: 

  • Describe research findings on inequities in perinatal care
  • Provide specific examples of how nurses implicit racial biases can undermine quality of care
  • Provide examples of strategies they will use to improve care for Black patients


(Part Three corresponds to Section 2786 e1a, e1b, e1c, e1d, e1f, e1g, e1h, e1j, e1l of CA law AB 1407)

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