Objective: To understand the transition process of women through maternity status after 35 years of age.
Method: The methodology of constructivist Grounded Theory was used in the design of research, data collection and analysis.
Results: The results allowed the construction of a comprehensive model of the transition to motherhood experience after the age of 35, called "Metamorphosis in Mother".
Objective: To identify the nursing interventions with potential to act on the suffering and to evaluate the results of the nursing intervention designed.
Method: We used a multi method study. After the identification of the scientific evidence and having found the supporting theory, the intervention process to relieve the suffering of hospitalized patients was modeled using the methodology of qualitative research.