[Nursing in life re-significance on the face of disease]

The paper deals with the educational role played by the health care provider. The ideas exposed stem from a reflection made from a research on the resignification of life of individuals affected by diseases that entail changes to their lifestyle. The health care provider has a key role in this process, influencing the patient positively or negatively. The reflection approaches the subjective process of life resignification in the health/disease situation and the educational role of the nursing professional in performing their tasks. Teaching and learning influence the configuration of the individual's imagery, constituting thereby an important ingredient to the educational know-how in the professional practice.