Transcendence, historicity and temporality of being elderly: nursing reflection-using Heidegger

Abstract

The objective is to reflect on historicity and temporality as paths for the transcendence of being elderly, based on the phenomenological concepts of Martin Heiddeger. A review of the concepts of transcendence, historicity and temporality was carried out in the work of Martín Heidegger, integrating them in the perspective of nursing for the elderly. The transcendence of the elderly adult is feasible by accessing the temporality of self in the path of its historicity to arrive at the understanding of itself that he has achieved: transcending, which is but a process of the Being itself. Being is time in itself existing in the world, existence given by the encounter of the past (to have been), present and future (becoming), the same encounter that determines the historicity of the Being. The encounter has been consummated and the Being is transcendence, with the understanding of the Being itself as a supreme point.

Exploring tacit knowledge based on an expert nurse's practice for stroke patients

“…Guerrero‐Castañeda et al (2017) highlighted the transcendence, historicity, and temporality of being elderly following that being is time in itself existing in the world, existence given by the encounter of the past (to have been), present, and future (becoming) the same encounter that determines the historicity of the Being. (Guerrero‐Castañeda et al, 2017). In other words, how the nurse, as the subject of care, ‘encounters’ the patient and shares in the process of their recognition of their own existence may have a significant impact on the patient's recognition of their illness experience and the meaning of their existence.…”

“…Additionally,Heidegger (2010) describes it as 'the primordial unity of the structure of care lies in temporality' (p. 312). Heidegger denotes that the essence of 'being' can only be understood from itself and through a path(Guerrero-Castañeda et al, 2017). Guerrero-Castañeda et al(2017) highlighted the transcendence, historicity, and temporality of being elderly following that being is time in itself existing in the world, existence given by the encounter of the past (to have been), present, and future (becoming) the same encounter that determines the historicity of the Being (Guerrero-Castañeda et al, 2017)…”

Operationality of concepts in Heideggerian phenomenological investigation: epistemological reflection on Nursing

“…For that, the interview was used in the phenomenological modality mediated by the empathic attitude as means for the opening of possibilities for women's showing-itself, favoring the obtainment of facts of their clinical and obstetric sociocultural profile that, together with their history, were constituted in the historiography that reveals data on the who (4) .…”

“…Taking into consideration the research of qualitative approach guided by philosophical and hermeneutic analytical paths, it is worth highlighting the use of phenomenology as method that is developed through scientific rigor on search and apprehension of phenomena inherent to the healthcare process. These phenomena, that are immanent of experiences and meanings lived in the several contexts of a human being's life and world, will be showed through themselves, in what they are and how they are (4) .…”