Nurses and patients postopertaive pain assessment comparision

The study sample is formed of 94 patients who treat and 47 nurses who working in Çukurova University Balcalı Hospital general surgery clinic 1 and 2, orthopedics clinic, gynecology clinic, urology clinic, plastic and reconstructive surgery clinic. This study has been planned descriptionally with the aim of nurses? and patients? postoperative pain assessment relation to compare.Pain is an unpleasent sensation that can disturb a patient?s comfort, thought, sleep, emotion, normal daily activity and quality of life. Pain is whatever the experiencing person says it is, existing wherever he or she says it does. Because pain is variable and personal experience and is difficult to completely describe and measure objectively, the clinician must be careful not to let the personal biases interfere with treatment. For this reason the assessment is the most important and the first step in pain management.It is discovered that average of nurses? ages was 28.28, average of their professional experience was 7.07, average of their clinical experience was 5.09, % 59.5 were university graduates, % 68.1 with hadn?t former experience operation, % 80.9 had obtain information about pain and pain management, % 55.3 had this pain and pain management information university educations.It is discovered that average of patients? ages was 44.68, % 62.8 were female, % 57 married, % 34 primary education graduates, % 41.5 housewife, % 55.3 with former experience operation and % 43.6 had undergone of middle operation, % 59.6 was in the first day operation.According to the result of investigation, the data gathered McGill Melzack Pain Questionnaire Forms part 1,2,3 and 4 nurses point with patients point relative each other. Part 1; g = 0 732, p < 0.001, Part 2; g = 0.346, p = 0.001, Part 3/ 1-1 , g = 290, p = 0.063, Part 3/ 1-2; g = 380, p = 0.008, Part 3/ 1-3; g = 357, p = 0.007, Part 3/2; g = 209, p = 0.031, Part 4; g = 346, p < 0.001.