Badajoz, España
Santo Ildefonso, Portugal
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.