The movement between caring and caring yourself in ICU: an analyses through Watson´s Transpersonal Caring Theory

Abstract

This research has qualitative approach and tries to understand the way caregivers care themselves and the other in ICU, according to the theory of Transpersonal of Watson. The study took place at the Hospital das Clínicas in Porto Alegre, 2001, with caregivers from the ICU for Adults. From the theme Self emerged the categories The Caregiver Revealing Self and Experiencing the Ethic-Moral Dilemma; from the theme The Other, the category Experiencing the Web of Relationships; from the theme The Care In ICU, the categories Caring as an Amorous Action, Experiencing Situations of Non-Care and Expressing the Possible Dream; from the theme Questions Of Life, the categories Searching Meanings and Evoking the Spiritual Dimension.