Investigation 0f Surgical Nurses Knowledge and Practice Levels for Multimodal Analgesia

Pain is a symptom that is felt in different parts of the body for various reasons, leading to physiological and psychological reactions and causing the individual to seek help. The perception of pain is affected by many emotional and behavioral factors, such as environment, gender, culture, education, and experiences of the individual [1]. One of the most important causes of pain that can be caused by many factors, such as accidents, traumas, and acute and chronic diseases, throughout the life is surgical interventions. Pain after surgical interventions is an acute experience that begins with tissue destruction following surgical trauma and progressively decreases and ends with tissue healing. Postoperative pain is the most important factor in the development of complications, such as pneumonia, thrombosis and ileus; conversely, long and severe pain with ineffective pain management leads to prolonged hospital stay and increased opioid use [2-4]. In the management of postoperative pain, adequate analgesia may not be achieved with a single agent [5].