Abstract
Objective: To present the perception that nursing staff, health service users and traditional physicians have in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico, concerning health, sickness, pain management culture, and traditional healing methods. Methodology: Exploratory study. Population composed of 153 nurses, 253 patients and 6 healers. Results: Nursing staff: 40.52% graduate level with some specialty; 63.39 % defined health as a physical well-being; 36.60 % defined sickness as a misbalance in one’s organism; 60.78 % defined pain as a manifestation of physical discomfort. Patients: 70.68% were male; for 78% of them, elementary school was the highest academic level. From these, 37.74% defined health as the most important part of their lives, 52.60 % defined sickness as something harmful for human beings; 50.60% defined pain as a discomfort. Healers considered it as their mission to use herbs, candles, spirits and praying to help people regain health. Conclusions: Nursing staff must bear in mind that there is much cultural diversity in all the different population groups, when offering nursing services to their patients in a respectful way.
Highlights
Nursing staff: 40.52% graduate level with some specialty; 63.39 % defined health as a physical well-being; 36.60 % defined sickness as a misbalance in one’s organism; 60.78 % defined pain as a manifestation of physical discomfort
Nursing staff must bear in mind that there is much cultural diversity in all the different population groups, when offering nursing services to their patients in a respectful way
SUMMARY Objective: To present the perception that nursing staff, health service users and traditional physicians have in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico, concerning health, sickness, pain management culture, and traditional healing methods
Summary
Nursing staff must bear in mind that there is much cultural diversity in all the different population groups, when offering nursing services to their patients in a respectful way. PAIN, HEALTH AND SICKNESS CULTURE: NURSES’, HEALTH USERS’ AND HEALERS’ PERCEPTION. SUMMARY Objective: To present the perception that nursing staff, health service users and traditional physicians have in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico, concerning health, sickness, pain management culture, and traditional healing methods. Population composed of 153 nurses, 253 patients and 6 healers
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