Summary:
People’s cultural backgrounds affect their experience and display of pain, as well as caregivers’ assessment and management of it. To be more effective in practice, caregivers need to be sensitive to similarities and differences in their own and their patients’ beliefs and practices associated with the experience of pain. This module emphasizes the important role that cultural conditioning plays in patients’ display of pain and healthcare professionals’ assessment and management of it. It also reviews the regulatory requirements from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations relative to pain management.
Objectives:
The goal of this program is to emphasize the important role cultural conditioning plays in patients’ display of pain and occupational therapists' 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 healthcare professional’s response to and management of pain.
- Relate strategies for conducting cultural and pain assessments to identify and respond to a patient’s pain in a culturally appropriate manner.
Accreditation Information
Gannett Healthcare Group is an approved provider of continuing education for occupational therapists by the American Occupational Therapy Association.
Continuing education approved by the American Occupational Therapy Association is accepted for relicensure by the state boards for occupational therapists in: Alaska, Nevada, Arkansas, New Hampshire, Delaware, North Carolina, District of Columbia, Ohio, Illinois, Oregon, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Rhode Island, Maryland, South Carolina, Minnesota, Texas, Mississippi, Tennessee, Missouri, Vermont, Montana & Virginia.