OBJECTIVE: To address the relationship between professor and student within the ICU environment, from the perspective of professors. METHODS: Qualitative study in the phenomenological modality, in which six professors were interviewed - three from a public institution and three from a private institution, they supervised nursing students in an adult ICU. RESULTS: From the study individuals statements, semantic categories emerged that allowed the learning of the essence of the phenomenon studied. During the analytical process, there was separation into two subcategories: An approximation and facilitating the process of teaching-learning. CONCLUSIONS: The practice of nursing internships in ICU provides an inter-relationship between student and professor, favoring an approximation with others and a personalization of learning, which significantly contributes to enrich the teaching and learning process and the student-professor relationship.
Education, higher; Students, nursing; Teaching; Clinical clerkship; Intensive care units