Am J Nurs. 2010 Apr;110(4):38-47; quiz 48-9. doi: 10.1097/01.NAJ.0000370157.33223.6d.
Minority patients are at high risk for poor pain outcomes. When patients belong to a culture or speak a language that's different from that of their health care provider, the provider faces additional challenges in successfully assessing and managing the patients' pain. This article describes how and why culture affects both patients and nurses. It also discusses why members of cultural minority groups frequently receive suboptimal pain management and how nurses can improve patients' pain outcomes by using culturally sensitive assessments and providing culturally comfortable care.
少数民族患者的疼痛治疗效果往往较差,风险较高。当患者所属的文化或语言与医疗服务提供者不同时,提供者在成功评估和管理患者的疼痛方面会面临更多挑战。本文介绍了文化如何以及为何会影响患者和护士,还讨论了为什么少数族裔群体成员经常得不到理想的疼痛管理,以及护士如何通过使用文化敏感性评估和提供文化舒适的护理来改善患者的疼痛治疗效果。