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

Jesús Guadalupe Martínez Ramírez, Erika Adriana Torres Hernández, Raúl Fernando Guerrero-Castañeda

Revista brasileira de enfermagem 2023 DOI: 10.1590/0034-7167-2022-0745 (opens in new tab)

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Characteristics Experience report Peer reviewed
Sample size 14
Population Older adults attended at a Primary Health Care center in San Luis Potosí, Mexico
Intervention and physical activity promotion
Duration October to November 2022
Key points The nursing strategy on self-transcendence was satisfactory and produced emotional, cognitive, and spiritual changes in older adults.

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.