Research by Steen and Marchant (2007) claimed that cryotherapy is a safe and effective nursing intervention to treat perineal pain in women. When applying this evidence to practice, implementation faces a number of challenges, such as cost of treatment, practice environment, and lack of standardization. Furthermore, the application of this evidence to a clinical setting should not override the nurse's clinical judgment or patient preference. Finally, before developing best practice guidelines for perineal pain care, more comprehensive research needs to be conducted on the duration of application and use in women who have had