Abstract
Medicine, Nursing and Psychotherapy in their histories have similar tendencies. Oscillates between two poles to be "an expert" and "being human".
The nurse did not make nursing procedures with the patient, but the patient. In the center of her attention was the performance, not the patient.
In the second half of the 20th century, both, doctor and nurse, returning back to the patient. The paper deals with the contribution of psychotherapy focused on patient / client nursing care.