Implementation of a nursing strategy for self-transcendence in older adults: an experience report.

A nursing strategy based on the Theory of Self-Transcendence was implemented with fourteen older adults and three nurses at a primary health center in San Luis Potosí, Mexico, from October to November 2022. Through expression of feelings, discussions about self-transcendence and spirituality, and promotion of physical activity, the strategy was satisfactory. Emotional, cognitive, and spiritual changes were observed across different dimensions of the theory. The approach helped identify significant moments in participants' lives and enabled person-to-person care.

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Abstract

to report the experience of implementing a nursing strategy to promote self-transcendence in older adults attended at a Primary Health Care center. an experience report on the implementation of a strategy addressing the Theory of Self-Transcendence by nursing to older adults in a primary health unit, in San Luis Potosí, Mexico, from October to November 2022. fourteen older adults and three nurses participated. From the expression of feelings, speeches about self-transcendence, spirituality and physical activity promotion, the strategy was satisfactory. Emotional, cognitive and spiritual changes were observed in the different dimensions of the Theory of Self-Transcendence. the nursing strategy on self-transcendence made it possible to identify significant moments that helped to identify the key points in which older adults were; it helped to intervene from a person-to-person care perspective.