title: Foreword.
abstract: This special supplement examines and summarizes the current state of the science on acute pain management and its practice.
authors.forename: Rosemary C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Polomano
authors.forename: Carla R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Jungquist
mesh_terms: D059787:Acute Pain / Q000451:nursing / Q000628:therapy*; D055318:Evidence-Based Nursing; D006801:Humans; D059408:Pain Management / Q000451:nursing*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic