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<journal-id>2665-0150</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Más Vita. Revista de Ciencias de la Salud]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[MasVita]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2665-0150</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[A.C. Venezolana de Investigación Social en Pro de la Humanidad. ACVENISPROH]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2665-01502025000400145</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.47606/acven/mv0303</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Care as a promoting agent in the construction of professional identity in nursing students]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Cuidado como agente promotor en la construcción de la identidad profesional en estudiantes de enfermería]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Vivas-Durand]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Teresa de Jesús]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Santos-Falcón]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Gladys Carmela]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Cuba-Sancho]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Juana Matilde]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Peru</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Peru</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Peru</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2025</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2025</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>7</volume>
<numero>4</numero>
<fpage>145</fpage>
<lpage>159</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://ve.scielo.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2665-01502025000400145&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://ve.scielo.org/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2665-01502025000400145&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://ve.scielo.org/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2665-01502025000400145&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Introduction:  Professional identity in nursing has been defined throughout history, rooted in its essence: care. However, this concept remains abstract in academic training, disconnected from students' identity construction.  Objective:  To reveal how care is conceived from the experiences of nursing students.  Methodology:  Qualitative design using Straussian Grounded Theory at a public university in Peru. Fourteen intern students participated. In-depth interviews and focus groups were used. Systematic-interpretive analysis: open coding (25 codes), axial coding (5 subcategories), and selective coding (1 integrative category). Rigor ensured through multiple triangulations.  Results:  Five subcategories emerged: Care as a central phenomenon integrating all dimensions of identity formation in Nursing; Progressive cognitive construction of care (technical, humanized, holistic, ethical); Recognition of complexity that strengthens professional identity; Emotional burden that validates professional choice; Formation of identity through concrete experience of care. These converge into one integrative category: care as an existential organizer of professional identity in nursing.  Conclusions:  Care functions as a cognitive, ethical, emotional, and professional purpose axis. Curriculum design should position care as a central transversal element. Teachers and mentors are crucial in facilitating this identity formation through modeling and reflective accompaniment.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Introducción:  La identidad profesional en enfermería se ha definido a través de la historia, desde su esencia, que es el cuidado. Sin embargo, este concepto permanece abstracto en la formación académica, desconectado de la construcción de la identidad de los estudiantes.  Objetivo:  Revelar cómo es concebido el cuidado desde las experiencias de los estudiantes de enfermería.  Metodología:  Diseño cualitativo con Teoría Fundamentada Straussiana en universidad pública de Perú. Participaron 14 estudiantes de internado. Se utilizaron entrevistas en profundidad y grupos focales. Análisis interpretativo-sistemático: codificación abierta (25 códigos), axial (5 subcategorías) y selectiva (1 categoría integrativa). Rigor garantizado mediante triangulación múltiple.  Resultados:  Emergieron 5 subcategorías: El cuidado como fenómeno central que integra todas las dimensiones de la formación de la identidad en Enfermería; Construcción cognitiva progresiva del cuidado (técnico, humanizado, holístico, ético); Reconocimiento de complejidad que fortalece identidad profesional; Carga emocional que valida la elección profesional; (5) Formación de la identidad mediante vivencia concreta del cuidado. Estas convergen en una categoría integrativa: el cuidado como organizador existencial de la identidad profesional en enfermería.  Conclusiones:  El cuidado funciona como eje cognitivo, ético, emocional y de propósito profesional. El diseño curricular debe posicionar el cuidado como elemento central transversal. Docentes y mentores son cruciales en facilitar esta formación en la identidad mediante modelado y acompañamiento reflexivo.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Professional identity in Nursing]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[nursing care]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[university education]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Grounded Theory]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[nursing students]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Identidad profesional en Enfermería]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[cuidado de Enfermería]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[formación universitaria]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Teoría Fundamentada]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[estudiantes de Enfermería]]></kwd>
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