[How nursing professors insert the theoretical content on human care into the development of their discipline]

This article partially describes a qualitative phenomenological study on teaching and practice of human care. The study was carried out in the Nursing Course of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul from 2004 to 2006. It is theoretically and philosophically based on Martin Heidegger's work. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews, which guiding question was: "How does the professor of the Nursing School insert the theoretical content on human care in his/her discipline"? The phenomenological analysis revealed that professors consider that the theoretical content is developed along with practical teaching, with the interaction with the students, and it is based on the humanization of care.