[Reflections about power relations in nursing practice]

Reflections on power relations in nursing practice involves questions related to the daily practice of nursing staff as well the subjectivity of those involved in them. Nursing practice is more than a practice in itself. It assumes the dimension of meaning ascribed to it by different subjects who interact in the places where the practice takes place. We propose a reflection about power relations in nursing practice, considering their complexity, the many processes that constitute them and the circumstances that determine the ways of thinking about and acting in relation to them. Such reflection implies to think about the subject's subjectivity the way professional boundaries are established, and the effects of these relations upon the subjects involved, since power relations are in continuous transformations.