Heidegger’s hermeneutic circle: A possibility for interpreting nursing care

Abstract

Objective: to reflect on the possibility of interpreting care in Nursing research based on Heidegger’s hermeneutic circle. Method: this is a reflection based on Heidegger’s hermeneutic circle in order to contribute to understanding the method, highlighting historical aspects and conceptual, structural and operative conceptions for Nursing. Results: this study highlights that the stages of the hermeneutical circle and its applicability in Nursing investigations, thus allowing to elucidate their relationship, interpreting care in the most diverse experiential situations. Conclusion: according to the hermeneutic circle, care interpretation emphasizes nursing research in the sense of the possibility of compressing and interpreting care in the most diverse dimensions of the existence of being.