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The Kentucky Board of Nursing scrapped its requirement that nurses take"implicit bias" training as a"mandatory" continuing education course for licensure.
"In the face of a long-standing national nursing shortage, the last thing that any state needs is to have experienced nurses leaving the profession because they don't want to be indoctrinated," Morgan continued."Changing the regulations in Kentucky is a huge win for that state's nurses." That training was accessible through the board's website for a time, advertised as an example of how to fulfill the requirement before being removed.
As more media picked up Washington Examiner reporting, board executive director Kelly Jenkins began circulating an email on July 24 stating,"We are removing the implicit bias CE requirement." By July 28, Jenkins and the board were telling Kentucky nurses that"As of 7/27/23: The deadline for the one-time Continuing Education requirement on Implicit Bias was July 1, 2023. If you have not obtained the training at this time, please note you will no longer be required to do so.
"Now, we all understand that there are some people who believe implicit bias is bunk, just like there are people who believe that climate change is a hoax and that the world is flat because they can’t see beyond the horizon," Myre said.
"Unfortunately, there has been an inference that the Board has endorsed the KNA’s particular training," Prather added, admitting that"portions of the training offended certain nurses."
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