This study was developed upon my reflections as a nurse working at the Antineoplastic Chemotherapy Center at Luiza Gomes de Lemos Hospital of the National Cancer Institute (Inca), and as a Master course student at Anna Nery Nursing School. Developing my Master thesis on Martin Heidegger's philosophical thinking it has enabled me to reflect about the nursing care, considering this philosopher's thinking. In this study, I have registered some situations that occurred on my working days, in the scenary mentioned above, and reflected about them, seeking to analyse their proximity and distance from Heidegger's philosophical thinking. This study was also a reflection about questions emerging from the research process and care practice which leaded me to another understanding of nursing care to women who are submitted to chemotherapy treatment. Then, I was able to see nursing care in another way, that one of comprehension as a possibility of professional action.
Antineoplastic agents; Nursing care; Heideggerian method