[Expanding self-awareness: the caregiver looking at him/herself in the mirror].
This study aimed at understanding the perception of nurses on expanding their self-awareness when caring the others. This qualitative, exploratory, and descriptive study was carried out at a university hospital in Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. Content analysis revealed as self-awareness expansion components how the caretaker perceives him/herself as a sensitive Self, as an esthetic Self as a possibility Self and as a beliefs and values Self Based in these results, it is suggested that formal care spaces for the caretaker need to be created, taking into account how he/she perceives him/herself the other, and the world of care in a hospital.
Escola de Enfermagern, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. sgbecker@ufam.edu.br
Sandra Greice
SG
Becker
Maria da Graça Oliveira
Mda G
Crossetti
D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001938:Brazil; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D003469:Culture; D004954:Esthetics; D005086:Existentialism; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D012649:Self Concept; D012945:Social Values