Care is... nursing student perceptions: A Heideggerian perspective

Abstract

Objective: To understand the perceptions of nursing students in terms of the care in Heidegger's perspective.Methods: This is a qualitative study of phenomenological approach, developed with 21 undergraduate students of the nursing course at the Federal University of Santa Catarina -Brazil who attended the course Fundamentals for Professional Care.Data were collected during class on care, through spontaneous written reports.Results: Care settings were built from the experiences of each academic denoting their way of life to the care and, when they shared their views they co-existed with the group, building an identity and revealing their way of being-with-the-other. Scholars realize that care is part of nursing worldliness which is the way of being a nurse.Conclusion: Care offers a universe of meanings in which human beings are involved in care situations and concerns with-the-other.