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Abstract
Background: Nurses should have a good knowledge and a positive attitude toward post-operative pain to assess patients’ conditions and provide personalized care to each patient for minimizing discomfort and knowledge, attitudes and perceived barriers towards pain ’improve life satisfaction. Aim: Assess nurses management among post-operative patients. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional design was utilized in surgical wards in Mansoura University Hospitals and Gastrointestinal surgical center. Sample: Consisted of all available nurses (150 Nurse) who were caring of patients post operatively in surgical words in previously mentioned setting. Tool: A structured self-administered questionnaire with four parts assessing knowledge, behavior, and perceived barriers to post-operative pain management was used to collect data.Results: The majority of nurses have a good attitude toward post-operative pain management while 58.7% of the nurses in the study have appropriate knowledge on this field. It also showed that system-related barriers were the most widely recognized obstacles to post-operative pain assessment and management, whereas patient-related barriers were seen to be less of a barrier. This study illustrated that there was a significant correlation between nurses’ knowledge and attitude regarding post-operative pain management (p.000). Conclusion: Study participants have significantly inadequate knowledge as well as positive attitudes concerning the assessment and management of post-operative pain. It was also concluded that nurses encounter several barriers while attempting to give post-operative patients with the best pain assessment and management.