Objective:

To understand the emotional experience of indignation in Registered Nurses from Spain and the United Kingdom.

Methods:

Hermeneutic study developed in both countries. The population of interest include Spanish (n = 21) and British (n = 9) Registered Nurses. The sampling strategy met the criteria for intensity and snowball. Data collection was conducted through in-depth interviews. The analysis attended Ricoeur´s Theory of Interpretation.

Results:

Nurses, in this study, are outraged by actions and omissions of different disciplines (medicine or nursing) -including Sisters or Nurses in Charge-. Actions, also, include some -in the form of guidelines and pressures - that come from the organizations for which they work. As a last feature of their indignation, there is the one caused by the budget cuts.

Conclusions:

The indignation of the Spanish and British nursing testifies to its ethical and humanizing pulse.