Perception of nursing faculty on the care: Heidegger constructions

Area of Science:

• Nursing Education
• Philosophy of Care
• Heideggerian Hermeneutics

Background:

• Understanding nursing care is crucial for effective patient outcomes.
• Heidegger's philosophical framework offers a unique lens to explore the essence of care.
• Nursing education shapes the perception and practice of care among future professionals.

Purpose of the Study:

• To explore nursing teachers' perceptions of care through the framework of Martin Heidegger's philosophy.
• To analyze the lived experiences of nursing educators regarding the concept of care.

Main Methods:

• Phenomenological interviews were conducted with 11 nursing teachers.
• Heideggerian hermeneutics was employed for theoretical and methodological guidance.
• Data analysis focused on interpreting the meanings derived from the interviews.

Main Results:

• A nurse's way of being fundamentally shapes their approach to care, reflecting their lived experiences.
• The existence of a nurse in providing care is demonstrated through the relational dynamics between the caregiver and the recipient of care.
• The nurse's mode of being-in-the-world involves navigating possibilities for care in relation to themselves and others.

Conclusions:

• The nurse's being-in-the-world is manifested through subjective, sensitive care and objective, scientific care.
• Interactions with those receiving care reveal the nurse's choices and decisions, shaping their mode of being.
• Nursing education should foster an understanding of care that integrates subjective and objective dimensions.