Between glimpses, uncertainties and expectations: marcos in building collaborative identity of nurse

Objective: To understand the formative process of nursing students, through milestones considered collaborative to the construction of the professional identity of nurses. Method: Qualitative exploratory-descriptive study with 26 nursing students through semi-structured interview and questionnaire. Information collection took place in May and June 2015. The findings were subjected to Content Analysis and supported by Claude Dubar's concepts. Results: The findings bring the choice of the course by vocation, influences and approach to medicine, characterizing the inherited identity. The targeted and virtual identities were influenced by frustrations during the training. Moreover, permanence in the course results from the need for recognition when completing a higher education and the understanding of a moral duty. Conclusion: The study brought the reflection of important milestones in the constitution of identity. Understanding identity as a multifaceted constitution recognizes the need for further studies to explore this phenomenon in other contexts.