The different Natures of pain in Hispanic culture

Describe the different natures of pain in Hispanic culture (physical, emotional, etc.) Describe the relationship between ethnic background and pain in hispanic

1. Discuss ethnic differences in pain perception and pain responses
2. Explain how a nurse’s own culture, personal bias, values and beliefs may alter the 
interpretation of patients’ pain experience.
3. What might some variations be in assessment of pain when caring for the hispanic? What are the verbal cues? What are the non-verbal cues?
4. Which pain assessment tool would you use? Why?
5. What might some variations of nursing interventions be in management of pain when caring for the hispanic culture? Pharmaceutical: Traditional? Alternative? Inter- professional?