This objective of this study was to observe ethics and solidarity in the teaching-care process in women during prenatal care and childbirth. A centralized case study was carried out using critical-reflexive pedagogy. Thirty-nine nursing students and six teachers who taught theoretical-practice classes were interviewed at the Federal University of Ceará. The results showed that students and teachers are aware of the need for ethics competency and its applicability in care and that there is a need for new learning strategies to enable the student to develop interactive and human actions and solidarity. Updated care methodologies are needed that involve women as process participants and enable respect to their dignity.
Ethics; Teaching; Obstetric nursing