Nurses with an understanding of cultural differences regarding likely reactions to pain may be better able to help patients. Nurses should know that _____ women may be stoic until late in labor, when they may become vocal and request pain relief
a. Chinese
b. Arab or Middle Eastern
c. Hispanic
d. African-American
C
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A Chinese women may not show reactions to pain. Medical interventions must be offered more than once.
B Arab or Middle Eastern women may be vocal in response to labor pain from the start. They may prefer pain medications.
C Hispanic women may be stoic early, more vocal and ready for medications later.
D African-American women may express pain openly; use of medications for pain is more likely to vary with the individual.
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