The aging process is a vital process in which changes occur that challenge the adaptive process of the person without this being considered pathological. Promoting health in old age involves the need for a person-centered vision that goes beyond the limits of geriatric syndromes or the stereotyped decline of the older adult. The present essay aims to build a perspective of humanized care for the elderly in the community in order to favor healthy aging. Nursing care as a relationship that allows understanding the experience of health and well-being in the elderly is what is required to intervene with a closer approach and whose purpose is to incorporate nursing interventions that promote health care awareness in the elderly. These interventions should be considered from a creative and artistic vision of care, because they seek to promote an active and healthy aging, considering as a scena...

Objective: To understand the lived experience of mental health care in the elderly during isolation by COVID-19.  Method: Qualitative phenomenological study, conducted in Guanajuato, Mexico from May-December 2021, people aged 60+ years, men and women, snowball collection with information saturation (12 participants), data collection by telephone phenomenological interview, which was audio-recorded, Van Manen's phenomenological analysis method, respecting the ethical criteria of the regulations of the General Health Law on Health Research. Main results: of the 12 participants, 7 were women and 5 men, with an age range between 60 and 79; emerging themes such as: 1. Perception of emotional alterations, 2. Aging and importance of mental health, 3. Fear of contagion and its care, 4. Infodemic, 5. Daily activities for mental health. Overall conclusion: the elderly means the care of mental...

Objective: To understand the lived experience of the elderly in the new normal after isolation by COVID-19.   Methods: A qualitative phenomenological study was conducted from August 2021 to June 2022 in Guanajuato, Mexico; the selection criteria were: adults over 60 years of age, who have resumed their activities after isolation and who were vaccinated against COVID-19. Snowball sampling with 9 participants by information saturation criteria. Data collection through phenomenological interview, audio-recorded. Phenomenological analysis was performed with Van Manen's method, ethical principles were respected in accordance with the General Health Law on Health Research, and participants gave their informed consent. Main results: The following themes emerged: Emotional experience upon return; Influence of COVID-19 and fear in the return to daily life; Routine changes in the life of the ...

Objective: To analyze the relationship between spiritual perspective and coping with death in elderly people in the center of Guanajuato, Mexico. Methods: Quantitative, correlational, cross-sectional study, the selection criteria were elderly people aged 60 years and older, attendees of two gerontological centers. Convenience sampling with n=133. The Spiritual Perspective Scale, Bugen's Coping with Death Scale and a sociodemographic data form were used for data collection. Informed consent was signed. The data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, the study variables by Spearman correlation through SPSS version 25. Results: The Spiritual Perspective obtained a mean score of 50.86 and the Bugen scale of 145.65 points. Spearman correlation was performed where r=.375 and p=.000 (p<0.05) were obtained, giving a positive correlation between the study variables. Overall conclusion: A pos...

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is made up of a group of memory progression disorders, mainly, but with impairments in other cognitive functions that lead to functional decline that progressively reduces autonomy in people who suffer from it. Since the diagnosis of Alzheimer's in the elderly, care has been explicit, initiating a series of changes in the family, which range from assuming a new role to emotional and economic transitions. The caregiver is hardly cared for, most care strategies are aimed at training the caregiver for care. There are several non-pharmacological techniques such as art therapy, however, they are oriented towards the patient suffering from the disease, not the caregiver. Art therapy can be implemented by nursing staff in order to enhance the communication and expression of emotions of caregivers, therefore the objective is to propose a nursing intervention based on art...

Internationalization strategies in graduate nursing programs are designed and implemented as responses to policies and curricula based on the quality of academic training. This article aimed to describe the experience of implementing an internationalization strategy in nursing graduate programs with the participation of students from Colombia, Mexico and Nicaragua. It was developed through the projection of a novel proposal that did not generate economic investment on the part of the students enrolled in the Master's and Doctorate graduate programs. As conclusions, the need to recognize in the changes in the development of postgraduate subjects such as, for example, the use of other modalities of encounter with the use of information technologies and communication between people from different geographical locations, communication with international nursing graduate programs, the creatio...

Objective: to identify the benefits of spirituality in the health of the elderly. Method: narrative bibliographic review, a bibliographic search of original articles published during 2017-2021, in the databases PubMed, Tripdata Base, Cochrane, BVS, ScienceDirect and Lilacs was performed using the descriptors: spirituality, elderly, older adults and health in languages: Spanish, Portuguese and English, advanced search was performed and then compliance with the exclusion and inclusion criteria was verified, finally it was validated by applying methodological guidelines obtaining a sample of 25 documents.  Main results: the selected articles were qualitative, quantitative and mixed; following the content analysis, they were grouped into central categories: spirituality and positive attitude towards life and wellbeing; spirituality and strengthening of mental health; spirituality and bi...

For nursing professionals, care planning is important if they want to obtain favorable results for the people they care for, which is why when generating care planning, they should reflect on the subjective aspects that allow the person to visualize the world and that result in the generation of actions or behaviors that favor or harm their health, otherwise the effectiveness of care interventions could be short-lived or short-lived. This situation is what has motivated the creation of this brief consideration of what subjectivity is and how it constitutes the human being as a being in order to understand its implications in health-disease processes.

Health care is inseparable from the person himself. However, just as each person has a different perspective on the world, so does this health care, which can come from oneself or from another (such as nursing staff). In such a way that in this individuality the importance of reflecting on health care is highlighted from the philosophy of Martin Heidegger, who through phenomenology will be able to reveal that care or Sorge revealed from the person himself, to build with this better specific health care, either provided by oneself (self-care) or by another being in the world (nursing).

Academic activism in health research seeks to promote equity and social justice with participating communities. A bilateral relationship between academia and communities is reached when knowledge is developed from the participants and for the participants. The aim of this article is to discuss strategies to use academic activism in community health research. We propose several strategies: the researchers’ reflexivity and positionality; the engagement of stakeholders; the immersion of the researcher in the field; and the development and transfer of knowledge. We focus the discussion on the transformative power of academic activism and its key elements that community researchers can consider. Innovative and contemporary approaches in community health research highlight the need to develop knowledge from a critical and reflective perspective. Community health professionals can take up the...

Violence against women by their partners continues to be a social problem linked to stereotypes and behaviors derived from patriarchal systems that normalize violent acts against this population group. However, it also continues to be a public health problem, since violence has consequences that go beyond the physical for women who are victims of violent acts. The objective of this paper is to describe nursing care strategies on violence against women. The concept of deconstruction constitutes a proposal that intends to structure a form of intellectual revolution where dominant proposals would be dismantled. In this sense, it is proposed that nursing should enter into a process of deconstruction and at the same time promote the deconstruction of the ideas surrounding the gender perspective itself in order not to stigmatize women victims of violence. Likewise, the authors propose a solid ...

Objective: To identify the scientific evidence of nursing interventions in family health in families with older adults with Alzheimer's. Method: Integrative review in PUBMED, Scopus, Web of Science, Virtual Health Library (VHL), Springer Links and ScienceDirect databases, using the health sciences descriptors (DECS): Family Health, Aged, Alzheimer, Family Nursing and Controlled Before-After Studies; the Boolean operator AND was used to join the descriptors. Results: Five articles were found that addressed nursing interventions focused on the primary caregiver and nursing interventions focused on the family. Main results: Five articles were found within which nursing interventions focused on the main caregiver and nursing interventions focused on the family are addressed. Overall conclusion: Family health interventions may be directed toward the primary caregiver or the entire family and ...

Objective: To describe the experiences that trigger academic burnout in nursing students. Methods: Qualitative phenomenological study conducted from August 2022 to June 2023, in a public university in Guanajuato. Selection criteria: undergraduate nursing students from 5th to 8th semesters, between 18 and 23 years old, nursing students who completed a practicum in the hospital setting. Convenience sampling with 10 participants, considering the information saturation criterion. Data collection through a phenomenological interview with a trigger question. Phenomenological thematic analysis, the criteria of the General Health Law on Health Research were respected. Main results: Themes emerged from the analysis: 1. Meaning of exhaustion, 2. Work overload, 3. Dynamics of practices and classes, 4. Emotional charge, 5. Impact it generates in life. It has been evidenced that nursing students do d...

Objective: To understand the violence suffered by young adults as a result of their partner's alcohol consumption. Method: Qualitative, descriptive study. It was conducted from September 2021 to May 2022. The selection of participants was by purposive sampling, with a total of seven participants per availability. Data collection through semi-structured interview; participants gave their informed consent and the thematic analysis was performed. Main results: After the analysis, 6 themes were constructed: alcohol and couple relationship, types of violence, jealousy and machismo, perception of increased alcohol consumption by the partner, mixed emotions during the relationship, and support networks. General conclusion: The study participants discovered how the relationship with their partner changed as a consequence of alcohol consumption, articulated with attitudes of machismo an...

Objetivo: Describir la vivencia del apoyo que reciben los estudiantes de enfermería por parte de profesores y personal de salud ante la muerte de un paciente durante sus prácticas clínicas. Metodología: Estudio cualitativo con enfoque fenomenológico, realizado en Guanajuato, México, entre enero y diciembre de 2024. Se empleó un muestreo por conveniencia con 18 participantes que cursaban entre cuarto y décimo semestre de la Licenciatura en Enfermería en universidades públicas. La recolección de datos se efectuó mediante entrevistas fenomenológicas audiograbadas, y el análisis se llevó a cabo utilizando el enfoque fenomenológico de Van Manen. Resultados: El estudio identificó la impotencia, tristeza y frustración como las principales emociones experimentadas por los estudiantes ante la muerte de un paciente. Asimismo, se evidenció una carencia de apoyo y una tendencia a ...

Objetivo: Describir la percepción del proceso de envejecimiento en un grupo de adultos maduros. Material y métodos: Se trata de un estudio cualitativo descriptivo. Se llevó a cabo en un municipio de Guanajuato, México, con un grupo de adultos maduros de 45 a 59 años. Se utilizó un muestreo por conveniencia con una muestra de 8 participantes con base en saturación de información. La colecta de datos se llevó a cabo por medio de entrevistas semiestructuradas audiograbadas. El análisis fue a través de la técnica de análisis de contenido de Bardin. Todas las participantes firmaron sus consentimientos. Resultados: Emergieron cuatro temas: 1. Envejecer depende de un buen estilo de vida; 2. El envejecimiento como cambios naturales; 3. Miedo a envejecer enfermo, y 4. Envejecimiento como declive. Conclusiones: Los adultos maduros construyen su percepción sobre el proceso de envejeci...

Objetivo: Describir la experiencia vivida por un grupo de mujeres de 25 a 45 años frente a la histerectomía. Material y Métodos: Se desarrolló un estudio cualitativo de enfoque fenomenológico en Guanajuato, México, durante el periodo marzo-diciembre de 2024. Se empleó un muestreo en cadena o “bola de nieve”, conformándose una muestra de ocho mujeres que cumplieron con los criterios de inclusión: tener entre 25 y 45 años, haber atravesado una histerectomía total o parcial en los últimos dos años. Se excluyeron aquellas mujeres que se sometieron al procedimiento por decisión propia y quienes se encontraban en terapia psicológica. La recolección de datos se realizó mediante entrevistas semiestructuradas, audiograbadas con el consentimiento de las participantes. El análisis se llevó a cabo mediante el método de análisis temático de Braun y Clarke. Se respetaron los ...