TY - JOUR T1 - Although parents are generally satisfied with their child's postoperative care, children continue to experience moderate-to-severe pain postoperatively JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 113 LP - 113 DO - 10.1136/eb-2013-101708 VL - 17 IS - 4 AU - Elizabeth Manias Y1 - 2014/10/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/17/4/113.abstract N2 - Commentary on: Twycross A, Finley GA. Children's and parents’ perceptions of postoperative pain management: a mixed methods study. J Clin Nurs 2013;22:3095–108.OpenUrlCrossRefPubMed Hospitalised children continue to experience moderate-to-severe pain following surgery. Nurses should negotiate pain-relieving goals with children and parents, and regularly review whether goals have been met. Further research is needed to examine the impact of organisational culture on pain assessment and management in children. Despite the availability of evidence-based guidelines, children continue to experience moderate-to-severe pain following surgery.1 ,2 Children's pain is not managed effectively by nurses for many reasons including: nurses not always evaluating the effectiveness of pain-relieving interventions; and nurses’ perception that particular procedures are associated with some level of expected pain, rather assessing pain and listening to children. Furthermore, parents and children may be uncomfortable about raising concerns in how the child's pain is managed. Parents’ beliefs can also hinder the management of their child's pain because of fears about their child experiencing unpleasant … ER -