[Daily work problems and their relationship with self-care and care of others]

The authors analyse daily problems of the nurses' work and the coping strategies used, building knowledge about self care and care of the others in administrative spaces that emphasize freedom and autonomy, relating this (re)construction process to their health process Starting from semi-structured interviews with nurses of a University Hospital, it was possible to identify problems related to human and material resources, team relationship and nurses' own characteristics of subjectivity. There is a perception of greater freedom and autonomy related to administration, although the nurses perceive negative aspects about the boundaries of the freedom exercises, with commitment to the care of the other.