The use of Paul Ricoeur's Hermeneutic-phenomenology philosophy as a methodological framework to guide an education nursing research

To describe the use of Paul Rocoeur's Hermeneutic-Phenomenology Philosophy arguments to guide the thesis, entitled "Meanings of Awareness for Being a Nursing Faculty in Regards to the Teaching, Learning, and Practicing Nursing in light of Maurice Merleau-Ponty's phenomenology." A phenomenological approach was used to guide this qualitative study This approach is appropriate to unveil subjective aspects of interest through interviews. The openness, flexibility, and subjectivity of the responses of the study's participants allowed the identification of categories that suggest meanings of awareness of being a nursing faculty. The findings of this educational nursing research suggest that this referential of awareness of being a nursing faculty is important because it was based on creative and challenging ontological approach of the researcher.