Transitional care of nurses to older adults with artificial pacemaker.

to understand how the transitional care of nurses to olde adults with artificial pacemaker occurs. a qualitative research, carried out in a philanthropic hospital in the city of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. Fourteen nurses working in surgical and cardiac inpatient units participated. Data were collected between August and November 2020, through semi-structured interviews, and analyzed using the methodological framework Discourse of the Collective Subject and discussed in the light of Afaf Meleis' theory of transitions. nurses' incipient knowledge about transitional care was identified. It was observed that the nursing discharge report is a facilitating instrument for transitional care. the study pointed out that the transitional care of nurses to older adults with artificial pacemakers does not have a theoretical foundation, reporting as a priority the care with the pacemaker identification card and with the surgical wound.