Hello,
I work in PACU and have found that most of our patients have unrealistic expectations when it comes to post op pain. Many believe that surgery will not hurt because their doctor told them it's a "painless" or "minor" surgery. It puts us in a bind of having to educate a sedated patient while explaining that the pain medication will not alleviate the pain entirely. How does your facility teach patients preop about post op pain? Shouldn't this be handled by the physicians during their preop visit? Thanks!!