Abstract Background: Pain considers a typical sign for every patient before & after surgery, nurses have an essential part in pain assessment and its management; therefore, they ought to have a solid foundation toward it. Aims: were to identify nurses’ awareness regarding pain assessment and management and design nursing guidelines regarding pain assessment and management. Research design: descriptive research design was utilized to conduct this study. Setting: The study was conducted in the surgical departments of Assiut University Hospital & Elazhar University Hospital. Sample: Eighty nurses were working in the surgical departments of the above mentioned hospitals. Tools: Interview pain awareness questionnaire. Results: (93.8%) of surgical nurses had poor awareness regarding pain assessment and management. Conclusion: Most of the surgical nurses had poor awareness regarding pain assessment and its management for surgical patients. Recommendation: Nurses need for in-service training programs and refreshing courses to improve their knowledge which will reflect on their practice while working with those patients