Research progress in perioperative pain nursing

Perioperative pain is a common problem faced by surgical patients. Pain seriously affects patients' mood, sleep, and functional exercise, resulting in delayed recovery and longer hospital stay. Perioperative pain management has received increasing attention as medical standards develop and awareness of pain increases. This article will describe the concept of perioperative pain (definition and criteria of pain, current status and significance of pain management) , pain assessment (contents of pain assessment, common pain assessment tools, time and criteria for pain assessment) , pain-related nursing, and propose that perioperative pain care can effectively improve the patients' mental state and physiological conditions, which plays an important role in achieving rapid recovery of surgical patients. Key words: Pain; Perioperative nursing; Assessment tool; Multidimensional scale