The meaning of being a nurse in mobile pre-hospital care from the Franklian perspectiveObjective: to understand the meaning of being a mobile pre-hospital care nurse.
Method: a qualitative study with a comprehensive approach, based on the theoretical analysis of Viktor Frankl, conducted by phenomenological interview with 11 nurses working in Decentralized Bases of an Emergency Mobile Service (Serviço de Atendimento Móvel de Urgência - SAMU) of the Northeast Microregion, in Bahia, from February to June 2024. To understand the phenomenon, Vieta’s Humanistic analysis was used, called triadic configuration (humanist-existential-personalist).
Results: four thematic categories emerged: Being a nurse in SAMU is to experience the decision-making process and suffering in care relationships; Being a nurse in SAMU is to achieve the realization of Franklian values; Being a nurse in the SAMU enables the realization of life purposes and discovering the meaning of life. The facets of the phenomenon allowed professionals to face feelings of anguish, fear, suffering and transcendence motivated by pleasure and gratitude in caring for the user in the mobile pre-hospital setting.
Conclusion: the meaning of being a nurse in SAMU is driven by a new sense of life that aligns with the responsibility of providing human, comprehensive, and, above all, ethical care.
Descriptors:
Existentialism; Nurses; Qualitative research; Emergency medical services