Culture's effects on pain assessment and management Article Critique

The drive of this article is to help the nurses’ study how well they can effectively assess and manage the pain that patients go through especially for those that come from the diverse cultures and those that are in a position of speaking different languages. People can be classified as cultural beings and so there is a possibility that we can get influenced by some of the cultural groups that we come across on the daily basis. The groups are likely to influence us differently for they can change the way in which we think as well as the way in which the group act by instilling in us. By the use of cultures, there is a possibility that it can influence beliefs about the ways that can be used in preventing and treating illness and what can constitute good care.

A culture can influence the way in which a person experiences a pain and the way they can respond to pain which is the inclusion of when and how one can ask for treatment. They can do the herbs and they will help the disease that is in them. Being healthy will depend on the beliefs of the culture and the way in which these people can handle their different beliefs. Having multiple cultural groups brings us to the meaning of us having that unique cultural perspective. This is the perspective that is necessary for the nurses for this is what they can use in providing the patients with the pain management that is culturally acceptable in their culture. As nurses, we should be aware of some of the beliefs, values as well as behaviours that are likely to influence our response and that of the patients towards pain.