Postoperative Pain Management in Children and Technolog-based Nursing Approaches

Year 2025, Issue: 9, 62 - 71, 24.11.2025

Huriye Karadede , Duygu Gözen

https://doi.org/10.26650/CURARE.2025.1759433

Abstract

Pain is the most common postoperative complication in pediatric surgical patients. Ineffective pain management negatively affects the developmental process of the child in many physiological, biological, psychological and behavioural aspects. Therefore, pediatric nurses, who are responsible for the care of the postoperative care, need to provide pain management by evaluating children’s pain with objective tools and by using the evidence-based and effective pharmacological and complementary nonpharmacological methods. In recent years, advances in technology have led to the increased use of technology-based applications incorporating non-pharmacological methods in pediatric surgical patients. The aim of this article is to present literature information about technology-based nursing practices that pediatric nurses can use in the management of postoperative pain in children.

Keywords

Postoperative Pain , Pain Management , Technology , Evidence-Based Nursing , Child

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