title: [Facilitators of the transition process for the self-care of the person with stoma: subsidies for Nursing].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To know the facilitating factors of the transition process from dependency to the self-care of people with a stoma.
  
  
  METHODS
  This is a descriptive study of qualitative approach, including 27 people with permanent stomas due to cancer. The data were collected through semi-structured interviews and submitted to content analysis based on the Transition Theory as theoretical reference.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The self-care facilitators related to the person were the positive significance of ostomy; the preparation for this experience already in the preoperative period; emotional stability; faith; religiousness; and a sense of normalcy acquired from a next image similar to the previous one. The facilitators related to the community were the following: receiving equipment for free from the government; support from family and the multidisciplinary team, especially the nurses; and having contact with other people with stomata.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results allow that nurses develop strategies to help people with stomata to resume their self-care.
authors: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Rio Grande, RS, Brazil.
authors: Marina Soares
authors: MS
authors: Mota
authors: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Rio Grande, RS, Brazil.
authors: Giovana Calcagno
authors: GC
authors: Gomes
authors: Universidade de Passo Fundo, Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil.
authors: Vilma Madalosso
authors: VM
authors: Petuco
authors: Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, RS, Brazil.
authors: Rita Maria
authors: RM
authors: Heck
authors: University Hospital Dr. Miguel Riet Jr, Rio Grande, RS, Brazil.
authors: Edaiane Joana Lima
authors: EJ
authors: Barros
authors: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Rio Grande, RS, Brazil.
authors: Vera Lúcia de Oliveira
authors: VL
authors: Gomes
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009729:Nursing; D012648:Self Care; D054047:Surgical Stomas