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FERNANDEZ, Vicenta et al. Meaning of aging for professional nursing practice scenarios. Salus [online]. 2014, vol.18, n.3, pp.15-20. ISSN 1316-7138.

Aging is a natural process of biological, psycho, social and cultural changes, which begins at birth and continues throughout life. This study aimed to interpret the meaning of aging for professional nursing practice scenarios. Qualitative methodology was used with a hermeneutic phenomenological approach. The method of data analysis was Spiegelberg. The subjects were four professional nurses in three public hospitals and three external informants. Selected intentionally. Using in-depth interviews to collect data. Data analysis showed four categories: Interpreting the human aging process, experiencing human care of the elderly, the feelings and emotions of the nurse in understanding and identifying the type of the values of the caregiver experience. In conclusion emerged a final product of the interpretation of the stories of the subjects in the study, emerging theory. Significant changes affecting older adults facing transitions and perceived loss of identity and loss of social support feel uprooted, vulnerable, imbalance and uncertainty in their lives both in the present and in the future and makes viewing in professional nursing aging as a disease and not as a natural process.

Palabras clave : Meaning; aging; nursing.

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