The nurse faces factors that favor and hinder the performance of his work and interfere with the feelings before work. This is an exploratory-descriptive study with a qualitative approach. It aimed to sociodemographically characterize the nurses of the Services of Health Attention of a town in the State of Rio Grande do Sul and to identify the factors that favor and hinder the performance of the work. The data were collected from March to July 2007 through a survey. The sample was composed by 24 nurses. The data analysis enabled two build two theme axes: factors that favor and hinder the performance of nurse work. The results suggest that nurses perceive satisfaction at work. However, it is necessary to rethink the process of work of this Professional to strength the actions before the user of Single Health System's and search for resolutivity before the necessities of the community.
Primary Health Care; Health Services; Occupational
