Usually a patient will have plenty of good pain control and a professional and committed attitude of the nurse. This means that the patient can feel safe and familiar to the nurse. It is important that sufficient information is provided about what will happen, why something happens, what time, what you hear, smell, feel or see and especially what the patient can do for example the pain more bearable. Think of the stomach to support a cough after abdominal surgery or help with the care of the wound.

This should be tailored to the needs and demands of the patient. Good supervision ensures that the patient can prepare for the situation and manages to keep himself under control.

Sometimes, however, need more! There are patients on the basis of nature and / or frame of reference is difficult in body and mind succeed in reasonable balance, and this may result in anxiety, increased muscle tension, more pain, imbalance. The patient is currently in their own healing path.

Several interventions are possible, including:

* Relaxation Techniques
* Distraction
* Promote peace and comfort
* Massage
* Heat and cold
*Alternative methods

Postoperative pain: medication
The painkillers are divided into opioid and non-opioid. The opioids have a mechanism similar to the constituents of opium, morphine is an important representative of this. The non-opioids have a different target than the opioids: non-opioids inhibit the formation of certain substances that play a role in pain, called prostaglandins.