1 Hour Implicit Bias Awareness in Healthcare - California Nursing

1 Hour Implicit Bias Awareness in Healthcare - California Nursing

✅ Approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing | Provider #CEP 18292 | 1 Contact Hour | Only $14.99 | Instant Emailed Certificate | 100% Online & Self-Paced

Complete a 1-hour California BRN-approved implicit bias course built to all ten content elements California sets for the implicit bias training required of nurses in their first two years of licensure, for only $14.99. It is a dedicated implicit bias course, not a general course with a short bias section, and it also counts as 1 contact hour toward the 30-hour RN renewal.

Work at your own pace and log in and out as often as you like without losing your progress. There is no final exam. Complete each section and a short course evaluation, and your certificate of completion is emailed to you immediately. California nurses report their own continuing education to the BRN when they renew, so save your certificate for four years in case you are selected for an audit.

✅ Course Details

• Course name: 1 Hour Implicit Bias Awareness in Healthcare - California Nursing
• Approved by: California Board of Registered Nursing
• Provider number: CEP 18292
• Contact hours: 1 (each hour is 60 minutes of instruction, more than the BRN's 50-minute minimum)
• Category: Registered nursing continuing education
• Format: 100% online, self-paced, text-based with no final exam
• Instructor: Valeria Garcia, BSN, RN
• Price: $14.99
• Certificate: Emailed instantly when you finish
• Reporting: California nurses self-report CE to the BRN at renewal; keep your certificate for four years
• Support: Call or text 1-800-698-2770

✅ Who Should Take This Course?

This course is written for:

• California registered nurses renewing for the first time within two years of initial licensure
• New graduate nurses and recently licensed RNs
• Nurse practitioners and other advanced practice nurses renewing an RN license
• Perinatal, labor and delivery, and maternal health nurses
• Nurse leaders and educators
• Any California nurse who wants a focused implicit bias course

✅ Does This Course Satisfy the California Requirement?

Business and Professions Code section 2811.5(h) exempts nurses from the 30-hour requirement during the first two years after initial licensure, but requires them to complete one hour of direct participation in an implicit bias course that meets the content requirements of section 2786(f)(1). This course is built to cover all ten of those elements.

The law uses the words "direct participation." The BRN accepts online and home study courses for the 30-hour requirement, but if this is your first renewal, confirm with the BRN that an online course meets your one-hour implicit bias requirement before you rely on it.

For nurses past their first renewal, this course provides 1 of the 30 contact hours required every two years.

✅ California RN Continuing Education Requirements

The California Board of Registered Nursing requires registered nurses to complete 30 contact hours of continuing education every two years to renew an active license, with a special rule for nurses in their first two years of licensure.

• Total hours: 30 contact hours every two-year renewal period
• First renewal: Nurses renewing for the first time within two years of initial licensure are exempt from the 30 hours, but must complete one hour of direct participation in an implicit bias course (required since January 1, 2023)
• Implicit bias course content: The one-hour course must meet the content requirements of Business and Professions Code section 2786(f)(1), which lists ten required elements
• Implicit bias in every course: Every California nursing CE course with a direct patient care component must include implicit bias content
• Format: Online and home-study courses are accepted for the 30 hours
• Records: Keep certificates for four years; the BRN audits RNs at random

How this course helps: For a first-time renewer, this 1-hour course is built to cover the ten content elements required for the one-hour implicit bias course; confirm with the BRN that online completion meets your requirement. For other RNs, it contributes 1 of the 30 contact hours required every two years, and you will still need 29 more.

✅ When Do California RNs Renew?

California RN licenses renew every two years. Your license expires on the last day of your birth month, and your exact expiration date appears on your license record in BreEZe, the BRN's online licensing system.

The BRN mails a renewal notice about three months before your license expires, but you are responsible for renewing even if the notice never arrives. You can renew no earlier than three months before your expiration date. A renewal submitted after the expiration date costs more and leaves you unable to practice until the license is active again.

The continuing education you report must be completed during the renewal period that is ending, so plan to finish your hours before you submit.

✅ How to Renew Your California RN License

1. Check your record. Look up your license status and expiration date in BreEZe.
2. Complete your hours. Finish 30 contact hours from BRN-recognized providers during your renewal period, or the one-hour implicit bias course if this is your first renewal.
3. Save your certificates. Each certificate shows the provider name and number, course title, completion date, and hours.
4. Sign in to BreEZe. Within three months of your expiration date, log in to BreEZe Online Services and start your renewal.
5. Answer the renewal questions. Confirm your continuing education, enter course details if asked, and complete the required disclosures.
6. Pay the fees. The BRN's fee schedule lists $190 for an on-time active RN renewal.
7. Confirm and keep records. Verify that your license shows the new expiration date, and keep your certificates for four years.

✅ What You Will Learn

After completing this course, you will be able to:

• Define implicit bias and identify unconscious bias and clinical misinformation
• Identify barriers to inclusion at five levels and the power dynamics that sustain them
• Recognize the ongoing effects of historical and contemporary exclusion and use cultural humility
• Communicate across racial, ethnic, religious, and gender identities, including interpreter use
• Explain perinatal health inequities, the California Dignity in Pregnancy and Childbirth Act, and reproductive justice
• Apply corrective measures such as the substitution test, standardized protocols, and nonstigmatizing documentation

✅ Course Content Overview

The course is one one-hour section with six subtopics:

Section 1 (1 Hour): Implicit Bias in California Nursing Practice: Recognition, Communication, and Corrective Action

• Defining Implicit Bias and Identifying Unconscious Bias and Misinformation
• Barriers to Inclusion and the Power Dynamics That Sustain Them
• Historical and Contemporary Exclusion, and Cultural Identity Across Groups
• Communicating Across Identities and Incorporating Community and Expert Perspectives
• Perinatal Health Inequities, Maternal and Infant Outcomes, and Reproductive Justice
• Corrective Measures at the Interpersonal and Institutional Levels, and the Nurse's Legal Duties

✅ Other California Nursing Courses

Looking for more California nursing CE? These BRN-approved options are also available:

• 30 Hour California RN Complete Renewal Package – $39.99
• 2 Hours Cultural Competence and Implicit Bias in Nursing Care - California Nursing – $14.99
• 30 Hour California Nurse Practitioner Complete Renewal Package – $59.99

✅ Why Choose 1st Choice CE?

• California BRN-approved provider (CEP 18292)
• Affordable pricing: only $14.99 for 1 contact hour
• 100% online and self-paced
• Log in and out anytime without losing progress
• Instant emailed certificate
• Money-back guarantee
• Over 10 years of continuing education experience
• Support by phone or text at 1-800-698-2770

✅ Enroll Now

Complete a dedicated 1-hour implicit bias course from a BRN-approved provider for only $14.99. Enroll today, work at your own pace, and receive your certificate by email the moment you finish.

Questions before you enroll? Call or text us at 1-800-698-2770.