Our paper analyses those attitudes that make self-help a difficult process in the final stages of life. We will be performing essentially a review of the individual position each person has in relation to this topic. The approach used is based on workshop sessions (partially lived situations), that facilitates self-knowledge of the nursing student and that will enable him or her to improve and acquire new resources to deal with the death processes of third parties (the patients).
It is worth pointing out that despite the personal views that might well arise with regard to death, a great many of the students start to abandon defensive points of view as the workshops progress, learning how to cope and manage their fears.
In conclusion, we believe that the experience was an enriching one both for the students and for the teachers, as through this learning process, many of the doubts and fears came to light and were resolved. In the same manner, the workshops have represented a step forward for nursing students to leave their fears behinds and to continue searching in their soul for those barriers that make their interaction with other difficult, by facing and working at them.