Concept of older person autonomy: phenomenological study of the opinion of specialist nurses.

The concept of autonomy is composed of several components, making it a multidimensional concept. This includes cognitive ability, intellectual ability, emotional intelligence, social situation, and physical ability skills. This study aimed to describe the experiences attributed to the meaning of the concept of autonomy, by specialist nurses.

From the challenge of assessing autonomy to the instruments used in practice: A scoping review.

Unlabelled: Autonomy is one of the essential components to live a quality life. Monitoring this autonomy is, in effect, essential, to allow the nurses to conceive, implement and evaluate interventions aimed at its promotion or even maintenance. For this reason, this scoping review aims to map the evidence to identify and analyze the instruments used to assess the person's autonomy, which emerges from scientific production.

Nursing focuses and interventions that promote the autonomy of the elderly.

Objectives: To describe the meaning attributed to the experiences of the clinical experience of specialist nurses in the implementation of nursing care focuses and respective interventions that promote the autonomy of the elderly.

Method: Qualitative study based on Giorgi's method. Eighteen specialist nurses were interviewed, recruited for convenience in two hospitals in the northern region of Portugal, between March and December 2018.

Nursing practice in the promotion of the elderly's autonomy.

Objective: To describe the meaning attributed by specialist nurses to the promotion of the elderly's autonomy.

Method: This is a phenomenological study, according to Giorgi's method, which uses semi-structured interviews. Eighteen specialist nurses participated, recruited using convenience sampling, in two hospitals in the northern region of Portugal, between March and December 2018.