2014 nurse’s training manual is SLAMMED for ‘racism’

A 2014 nurse education manual was sued for “racism” after it included a page describing how a patient’s “culture” “can influence their response and beliefs about pain” — writing that Hispanics believe discomfort is “a form of punishment.” is’ ​​while blacks think that ‘suffering is inevitable’.

A social media user named aubry shared a photo of the page, which was taken from the textbook Nursing: A Concept-Based Approach to Learning — and it quickly went viral on the web, leaving many users shocked and offended at the description of how different races respond to ailments.

The book, produced eight years ago by Pearson Publishing, wrote that a client’s culture influences their response to and beliefs about pain.

It claimed that Arabs or Muslims “shouldn’t ask for pain medication” because they believe torment is a “test of faith.”

“Therefore, Muslim clients must endure pain as a sign of faith in exchange for forgiveness and mercy,” it added.

The book also wrote that Chinese “shouldn’t ask for medicine because they don’t want to take the nurse away from a more important task” and that “clients from Asian cultures often value stoicism as a response to pain.”

‘A client who openly complains of pain is believed to have poor social skills’ [in Asian culture],’ it said.

“Filipino clients are not allowed to take pain medication because they see pain as the will of God.

“Indians who follow Hindu practices believe that pain must be endured in preparation for a better life in the next cycle.”

The Nursing Handbook stated that black people “often report higher pain intensity than other cultures” and that they “believe that suffering and pain are inevitable.”

As for those who are Jewish, the textbook wrote that they are likely to be “vocal and demanding for help,” because they “believe that pain should be shared and validated by others.”

The book also stated that Hispanic people “believe that pain is a form of punishment and that suffering must be endured if they want to enter heaven.”

Last but not least, it said Native Americans “prefer medicines blessed by a tribal shaman.”

“They believe such a blessing allows the client to be more at peace with the maker and makes the medicine stronger,” the book added.

‘They are often less expressive, both verbally and non-verbally. They usually tolerate a high degree of pain without asking for pain medication.

“They get to choose a sacred number when asked to rate pain on a numerical pain scale.”

‘A Nursing Book That Was Released In’ [2014]. They train in racism,” Aubry wrote in her post, which has been retweeted thousands of times within hours.

Many social media users were shocked by the textbook’s statements, labeling it “racist” and “problematic.”

‘That’s shocking. How about they just talk about how the human body deals with pain because we’re all human regardless of color or religion,” one commented.

“I’m not sure if your ethnic background has anything to do with how you perceive pain as fair.”

‘What the hell is this in the horrible Stereotypes-R-Us?! How is content like this still considered legitimate and learned?!’ someone else asked.

“Racist, of course, to the exclusion of whites, probably because they are seen as the standard. sigh. This is so dirty.’

That’s pure racist crap. I’m shocked,” another user agreed.

One person couldn’t believe his eyes and wrote: ‘This can’t be real. It’s like something out of a satire.’

‘Former nurse’ [here]. I have learned that the pain experience is unique to each individual. None of that nonsense. That’s disturbing,” reads a sixth tweet.

Another person said that the ‘general idea of ​​being aware of cultural differences’ [with] pain and medicine is good’, but that ‘the groups chosen and examples used’ were a ‘garbage can fire’.

“This is just such obvious racism. “Blacks” report that higher pain intensity is the code for “Beware! These people go looking for drugs,” said another.

“There is already so much racism in the way care is delivered to minorities, and this textbook helps promote it. Just awful.’

Others called the page “downright disgusting,” “terrible,” and “terrible.” shameful and embarrassing.’

The same page from the book was criticized earlier in 2017 after someone posted about it on Facebook, and the publisher behind it apologized and announced it would remove the section from all future versions of the nursing manual.

“We agree it’s wrong. We have removed it from current electronic and future print editions and apologize for its publication,” Pearson wrote on Twitter.

“We hear you. We take full responsibility and are taking steps to fix this issue and make sure it doesn’t happen again.”

Pearson, based in the United Kingdom, is one of the world’s largest publishers of educational textbooks.

It also added in a statement: BBC: ‘While differences in cultural attitudes to pain are an important topic in medical programs, we have presented this information in an inappropriate way.

“We apologize for the violation this has caused and we have removed the affected material from current versions of the book, electronic versions of the book, and future editions thereof.

“In addition, we are now actively reviewing all of our nursing products to identify and remove any remaining instances of this inappropriate content that may appear in other titles.”

The book is currently being resold Amazon for $40, but it no longer contains the page in question. It has had two sequels since it first came out in 2014.

“The state-of-the-art concept-based, student-centered introduction to nursing: first of three parts, focusing on 21 indispensable biophysical concepts,” reads a description.