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Pain is a complex and personel phenomenon and includes not only anatomical system and physiological behavior but also psychological, social, cultural and cognitive agents. Nowadays it is accepted that the critical illness is the most serious stress for people. It is also accepted that the fear, the anxiety and the pain which develops because of various reason in intensive care units effect seriously the mortality aggravating the neuro-endocrinological stress reaction. It should be check the pain of the unstable intensive care patients by intensive care team. In terms of pain, those are the most important features which distinguish the nurse’s role from the other health professionals. Nurses would be with the patients longer than the others, learn about the patient’s previous pain experience and the methods to overcome it, apply these methods whenever necessary, teach the patient how to overcome the pain, apply the analgesic agents and follow up the patient. The effective pain control of intensive care patients can be provided by using multidisciplinary team approach and nurses who are well educated about pain management. In this article, it has been informed about the reason, signs and symptoms of pain and the role of the nurses in pain management.

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