Professor and Interim Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, College of Nursing, University of Arizona, Tucson.
Semin Oncol Nurs. 2021 Oct;37(5):151212. doi: 10.1016/j.soncn.2021.151212. Epub 2021 Aug 28.
To synthesize research results on self-transcendence among people affected by cancer and their caregivers to inform oncology nursing practices that promote well-being across the cancer trajectory. Self-transcendence is an inherent capacity to expand self-boundaries beyond the person's usual form to create something meaningful, whether it is a new purpose, perspective, situation, or artifact that fosters well-being.
Peer-reviewed, research-based publications, and peer-reviewed theoretical publications were used.
Research results are consistent with Reed's self-transcendence theory that proposes self-transcendence as a healing process for application in nursing practice. Self-transcendence facilitates well-being through the creative experiences afforded by expanding self-boundaries intrapersonally, interpersonally, and transpersonally. Nurses may use this knowledge in various practices that support well-being among people who have cancer and their families.
Five comprehensive practice implications to support self-transcendence and foster well-being in individuals affected by cancer and their caregivers were synthesized from the research-based literature and aligned with Reed's self-transcendence theory.
综合癌症患者及其护理者的自我超越研究结果，为肿瘤护理实践提供信息，以促进癌症全程的幸福感。自我超越是一种超越个人常规形式扩展自我的内在能力，创造有意义的事物，无论是新的目标、视角、情况还是促进幸福感的人工制品。
使用了同行评议的基于研究的出版物和同行评议的理论出版物。
研究结果与里德的自我超越理论一致，该理论提出自我超越是一种治疗过程，可应用于护理实践。自我超越通过在个人、人际关系和超个人层面扩展自我边界所带来的创造性体验促进幸福感。护士可以在各种实践中使用这些知识，以支持癌症患者及其家属的幸福感。
从基于研究的文献中综合了支持癌症患者及其护理者的自我超越和促进幸福感的五项综合实践意义，并与里德的自我超越理论相一致。
