The Problem of Race Correction in Practice Guidelines: Historical and Clinical Perspectives

Clinical Updates from the Experts:
A SON Clinical Series

The Problem of Race Correction
in Practice Guidelines: Historical and Clinical Perspectives

Beth Quatrara, DNP, RN, CMSRN, ACNS-BC

Assistant Professor of Nursing, DNP Program Director, AGCNS Coordinator

Dominique Tobbell, PhD

Professor & Director of the Eleanor Crowder Bjoring Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry, Centennial Distinguished Professor of Nursing

Desired Outcomes

Upon completion of this learning activity, participants should be able to:

1.       Critically appraise race correction from a historical perspective

2.       Name three guidelines that include race-based correction

3.       State three disadvantages of race-based correction guidelines

4.       Share two strategies to reduce the health inequities imposed by race-based correction guidelines