Being with the carer: a dimension of the caring process

Abstract

This study presents one of the dimensions of the caring process in nursing, under the nurses’ view, in a hospital reality. It was brought to understanding through a qualitative study with a phenomenological-hermeneutical approach. One of the dimensions revealed was to be with the carer in the world of the cared patient which revealed the following constructs: the being-there of the nursing carer; sharing decision making processes; sharing knowledge; building up a caring relationship. The caring process in nursing manifests itself by meeting caring among carers, where the way of being of its existence happens in an authentic way, promoting an exchange of lived experiences, feelings and emotions, building up a caring relationship.