RESUMO
BACKGROUND: Nursing professional practice models allow the focus on care and qualification of hospital service by articulating the theory to the practice of nursing care with the final purpose of improving the patient's and family caregivers' quality of life. OBJECTIVE: To describe the model "Nursing care at the service of life," built and validated in a Colombian clinic, 2019. METHOD: A Nursing Methodology Research developed in four consecutive steps intended to identify the need to have a theoretical framework; to build it and validate it in a collective way that included the different members of the clinic nursing staff. RESULTS: The main concepts and articulated assumptions of the nursing practice model were described. The model will help the nursing staff to achieve the institutional mission. CONCLUSIONS: The professional practice Model "Nursing care at the service of life" reflects the nursing profession's charity, quality, and leadership, as a hospital care axis. The institution's nursing staff were able to identify themselves in the model's approach, also the expert criteria endorsed the construction process and content. The validation process done with the nurse's staff demonstrates that this model is accepted and useful to guide the nursing caring practices within the clinic.
