racial bias in pain assessment

Stories from people dealing with racial bias in pain assessment — what changed, who decided it, and what the ordinary days look like now.

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A nursing student’s open notebook beside a laptop used for a virtual patient simulation.

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An AI Patient Never Showed Pain Like Hers. She Challenged It.

A Black nursing student learned how to earn higher scores from a virtual patient. The trick exposed a narrow model of pain that could follow students to the bedside.

Devin Osei · November 12, 2026 · 7 min

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