Treating without Seeing: Pain Management Practice in a Thai Context

Treating without Seeing : Pain Management Practice in a Thai Context

Chatchumni, Manaporn (author): School of Nursing, Rangsit University, Pathum Thani, Thailand

Namvongprom, Amaporn (author): School of Nursing, Rangsit University, Pathum Thani, Thailand

Eriksson, Henrik (author): Röda Korsets Högskola,Avdelningen Vård och Omvårdnad,Hälsa i Globala Transitioner,The Red Cross University College, Stockholm, Sweden

Mazaheri, Monir (author): Karolinska Institutet,Röda Korsets Högskola,Avdelningen Vård och Omvårdnad,Swedish Red Cross University College, Stockholm, Sweden

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Hindawi Limited, 2016
2016
English.
In: Pain Research & Management. - : Hindawi Limited. - 1203-6765 .- 1918-1523.

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Abstract Subject headings

Pain management is a core nursing function, and it plays a key role in postoperative care. It is important to understand the cultural context of nursing practices and how this affects effective pain management. The aim of this study was to describe the professional and cultural framework within which pain management is practiced on a Thai surgical ward. Spradley’s ethnographic methodology was used. Data were collected through 98.5 hours of field observations and interviews at a surgical ward in Thailand. Three themes were constructed that describe the way Thai nurses practiced pain management: (i) complex communications system to address pain and to respond to it, (ii) the essence of Thai-ness, and (iii) a passive approach to pain management. The results indicate that, in the response to discomfort and pain, better pain management will result if there is a shift from functional to patient-centered care. The nursing culture needs to be further researched and discussed, in order to set priorities in line with the goals of national and international organizations for improving postoperative care and promoting patient comfort

By the author/editor: Chatchumni, Mana ...; Namvongprom, Ama ...; Eriksson, Henrik; Mazaheri, Monir

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MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES: MEDICAL AND HEAL ...; and Health Sciences; and Nursing

By the university: Red Cross University College; Karolinska Institutet; Mälardalen University

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