THE MEANING OF CARE FOR PROFESSIONALS’ NURSING TEAM

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This is an exploratory and descriptive study grounded in a qualitative approach that aimed to know the meaning of care for professionals’ nursing team. The participant subjects are nursing auxiliary and technicians, and health services nurses. The data were collected by structured and semi-structured interview. The analysis of content was the method used to the data analysis. It was possible to identify from the results the following categories of caring the other: the verbal and non-verbal care, the minimization of the physical pain, care with the empathy for to tend the whole, the involvement and the process of care. KEY WORDS: Patient Care; Self Care; Nursing Team.