International Journal of Advances in Nursing Management 2(3): July-September 2014 147 www.anvpublication.org ISSN-2347–8632 RESEARCH ARTICLE A Quasi Experimental Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Selected Nursing Interventions on the Level of Pain and Activity Tolerance among Abdominal Surgery Patients in Selected Hospital of Dehradun, Uttrakhand Ms. Aditi Prakash Lecturer, SGRRIMHS College of Nursing, Dehradun 248001 *Corresponding Author Email: aditiprakash21@gmail.com ABSTRACT: To determine the effectiveness of selected nursing interventions on the level of pain and activity tolerance among abdominal surgery patients in selected hospital of Dehradun, Uttrakhand the researcher used pretest and posttest with control group design. The selected nursing interventions used are the post-operative exercises. Standardized rating scales of pain and activity tolerance were used as tools for data collection in experimental and control group. Results were, level of pain was low in experimental group as compared to the control group. In experimental group 19 subjects were having mild pain ,11 were having moderate pain after selected nursing interventions whereas in control group 9 were having mild pain, 15 were having moderate pain and 6 were having severe pain without selected nursing interventions. Comparison was also done between the level activity tolerance in experimental group and control group .It was found that the level of activity tolerance was high in experimental group as compared to the control group .In experimental group 3 subjects were independent ,25 were moderately dependent and 2 were fully dependent after selected nursing interventions whereas in control group 1 was dependent, 20 were moderately dependent and 9 were fully dependent without selected nursing interventions. The following conclusion were drawn from the study that post- operative exercises are useful in reducing the pain and improving the activity of post operative abdominal surgery patients. Thus this is a very important aspect which should be added in post-operative patient care so that the patients can practice it and promote their activity and reduce pain. KEYWORDS: INTRODUCTION: General surgery, despite its name, is a surgical specialty that focuses on abdominal organs,e.g., intestines including esophagus, stomach,smallbowel, colon, liver, pan creas, gallbladder and bile ducts, and often the thyroid gland (depending on the availability of head and neck surgery specialists). They also deal with diseases involving the skin, breast, soft tissue, and hernias. Received on 20.07.2014 Modified on 10.08.2014 Accepted on 15.08.2014 © A&V Publication all right reserved Int. J. Adv. Nur. Management 2(3): July-Sept.,2014; Page 147-151 The earliest form of surgery was trephining, which involved cutting a small round hole in the head. It was practised as early as the Neolithic period, for reasons that remain a mystery. There are many theories about the reasons behind this practice. The only thing known for sure is that some patients survived the procedure, and sometimes even had more than one performed. Later, the Egyptians practised trephining in an effort to cure migraines - the idea was to ‘let out’ the illness that was causing the headaches. As the 1900s progressed, surgery became more complex. Transplant and replacement surgery become relatively common. Elective surgery i.e non-life-saving procedures were performed regularly and some surgery has