Question

Choose two cultural groups and investigate the manner in which members of the culture perceive and express pain. Use the literature, personal experience, and interviews to obtain the required information. Prepare a report that includes your findings and describes how these findings should influence the nursing care administered to laboring women representing these cultural groups.

Answer 1

Pain perceptions are different for each individuals. At times cultural diversity provides a wide difference in pain perceptions.

The pain perception of African American is more than a non Hispanic group.A group of rural community in Nepal believe pain is a Part of ageing,Zborowski cinsider pain has normal part of life seekung no mddical help.

This can influence the nursing care offered by the following way

• Mistaken level of pain perception
• Resistant to treatment
• Reluctant to comply to treatment
• Failure to accept

Certain women experienced the need for physical and emotional support during labor,antenatal education on pain relief method and way.