The use of different methodological references has been a constant search in the practice of research of different areas of knowledge. Therefore, nursing has tried to base its studies on diversified references, as a way to broaden its body of knowledge. Thus, this article aims to propose a few considerations and ideas about the use and contributions of phenomenology as a research method in the nursing area, by reviewing its main guiding presuppositions, as well as analyzing the availability of the use of phenomenology in studies of this area. So, we claim the importance of phenomenology as a methodological reference, but also a theoretical-philosophical reference for nursing research.
Philosophy; Qualitative research; Nursing