Objective: To understand what it means to be a volunteer in a cancer-affected children care unit´s toy library, located within the state of São Paulo. Method: Phenomenological study based on the assumptions related to the analysis of the stated phenomenon's structure, with eleven volunteers to be interviewed upon a guiding question: "What does it feel like to be a volunteer in a toy library used by children with cancer?". Results: From the volunteer's answers, three theme categories arose: self-oriented relations, group-oriented relations and world-oriented relations. Conclusion and implications for practice: Being a volunteer embraces diverse relationships that contribute to the self-knowledge of the individual, making it possible to review concepts, beliefs, values, according to the new times in which we live There is a need for volunteer empowerment for work as well as mental health care.Nurses play a fundamental role in this context. Keywords:Volunteers; Play and playthings; Neoplasms; Child; Nursing.resumo Objetivo: Compreender o significado de ser voluntário de uma brinquedoteca em uma casa de apoio para crianças com câncer.Método: Estudo fenomenológico a partir das premissas da análise da estrutura do fenômeno situado, com 11 voluntários entrevistados, a partir da questão norteadora: "Como é ser voluntário de uma brinquedoteca para crianças com câncer?". resumen Objetivo: Comprender el significado de ser un voluntario de una sala de juegos en una casa de apoyo para niños con cáncer.Método: Estudio fenomenológico de las hipótesis del análisis de la estructura del fenómeno situado, llevado a cabo con 11 voluntarios entrevistados a partir de la pregunta: "¿Cómo es ser voluntariado de una sala de juegos para niños con cáncer?". Resultados:Emergieron tres categorías temáticas: relaciones con si mismo; relaciones con el grupo; y relaciones con el mundo.Conclusión e implicaciones para la práctica: Ser voluntario abarca relaciones diversas que contribuyen al autoconocimiento del individuo, posibilitando revisar conceptos, creencias y valores, de acuerdo con los nuevos tiempos en que vivimos. Hay necesidad de capacitación de los voluntarios para el trabajo y también cuidados con relación a la salud mental. El enfermero tiene un papel fundamental en este contexto.
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