This study aimed at knowing how the nursing care in the prevention of Hansen's Disease as well as of its complications is carried out in order to meet the principles of integrality and resolutivity at two units from the Health Family Strategy in Diamantino-MT. This is a case study and it is a qualitative research, wich happened in the year of 2007. The analysis corpus consisted of direct observation of the nursing care practices; the production of images of these practices; and of analysis of documents. The data analysis revealed the importance of the nursing care practices to the health services. We have also observed that these practices are carried out together with the other members of the health staff indicating to nurses that there is a way of working wich brings the possibility of widening the understanding of people's health needs and of providing an integral health care.
Nursing; Leprosy; Comprehensive health care; Family health program