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CE Home > Cultural Competency > CE400-60 Cultural Competence for Today’s Nurses, Part Three: The Cultural Factor in Pain Management
Magnet Related Course Advanced Practice Course
CE400-60b · 1.0 hr
Cultural Competence for Today’s Nurses, Part Three: The Cultural Factor in Pain Management
Authors: Suzanne Salimbene, PhD & Laina M. Gerace, RN, PhD

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Objectives

The goal of this program is to emphasize the important role that cultural conditioning plays in patients’ display of pain and nurses’ assessment and management of it. The program also considers the regulatory requirements from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations relative to pain management. After you study the information presented here, you will be able to —

  • Describe how culture can influence a patient’s expression of pain and pain tolerance.
  • Discuss how cultural background affects a nurse’s response to and management of pain.
  • Relate strategies for conducting cultural and pain assessmens to identify and to respond to a patient’s pain in a culturally appropriate manner.
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