Nursing can be add to reducing the pain of the patient postoperative with the adoption of unconventional
techniques, known as non-pharmacological. The question is: If the implementations of
non-pharmacologic techniques are an effective strategy in reducing pain in patients (adult) postoperative?
Using the PICO helped to describe all the components that are related to the problem identified
and searching the best evidence. From the literature review was chosen the most scientific evidence
for the research question [Level I, Grade A; (Crowe et al. 2008)] EBSCO‘s database which consists
of a systematic review and meta-analysis. The conclusions of this review demonstrated that
there isn´t strong evidence to justify in the context of nursing the effectiveness of the adoption of
non-pharmacological techniques in reducing postoperative pain.
