This article is demarcated in the Theory of Value. Nursing has a set of values that underpin the development of a scale. OBJECTIVE: To understand the social value in the nurse-teacher´s act of educating and discuss it based on the assumptions of Max Scheler. The methodology is qualitative, focused on the phenomenological approach. Took part in the study seven nurses-teachers, from three institutions of higher nursing education located in Rio de Janeiro city. The implementation period was from August 2007 to June 2008. Data were obtained through interviews. RESULT: the social value emerged through the speech of the nurse-teacher in the act of educating. CONCLUSION: It was through the act of educating that the nurse presented the social value to the student, confirming him as established to the practice of nursing care.
Nursing; Education; Culture; Philosophy