Objective To construct a nurse-driven multidisciplinary collaborative pain management protocol for patients after thyroid or parathyroid surgery and to explore its application effect.

Methods A total of 116 patients who underwent thyroid or parathyroid surgery were randomly divided into control group and observation group, with 58 patients in each group. The control group received routine pain nursing management, while the observation group received a nurse-driven multidisciplinary collaborative perioperative pain management. Postoperative pain scores, blood pressure, the impact of pain on activities, quality of life, psychological state, and patients′ satisfaction were compared between the two groups.

Results Postoperative pain scores, blood pressure, and scores in each dimension of psychological status in the observation group were all lower than those in the control group, with statistically significant differences (P < 0.05). Except for walking ability, the impact of postoperative pain on activities in other dimensions in the observation group was lower than that in the control group, and scores in each dimension of quality of life and patients′ satisfaction in the observation group were higher than those in the control group (P < 0.05).

Conclusion The implementation of a nurse-driven multidisciplinary collaborative perioperative pain management protocol for patients undergoing thyroid or parathyroid surgery has effectively retieved patients′ pain, enhanced their quality of life, relieved their psychological status, and increased patients′ satisfaction.