This is a descriptive study of qualitative approach that aimed to understand the meanings of care provided to the individual-family as expressed by Family Health Strategy nurses in Brazil. Data was collected involving nine subjects who produced a drawing attributing the meaning of care for the individual-family, followed by recorded verbal descriptions. Data analysis was based on the theme-design-text technique. Results showed three themes: contextualized care, bound care, and inter-subjective care, expressed by images and words that showed subjective singularities of understanding care, expressing nurses´ existential interiority. We conclude that the meaning of caring permeates the inter-subjective bond, which is essential to develop transpersonal care for the family system. Therefore, it is necessary to access the nurses´ subjectivity by encouraging a self-awareness process and involvement with the subjects-families with whom they interact.
Nursing; Family; Care; Art
