Abstract
Objective: Describe the way nurses work in primary health care, as well as reflect on nursing practices in the context of primary health care. Methods: This is an exploratory research, an integrative literature review. As this is a revisionary research, electronic databases were used through the Virtual Health Library (VHL), where other databases and journals are inserted, however the present work will use the following bases for study : Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences (LILACS), Scientific Electronic Library Online (SCIELO), Virtual Health Library Nursing Brazil (BDENF). Results: The expected consequences showed that the conflicts, dilemmas and relevant appearances of the nurse's practice in PHC, contributed to critical thinking about the work context and the need to articulate the category in the construction of their professional space. Aiming at expanding the limits of professional performance, exercising leadership activities that are both administrative and the practices of direct assistance to the user. Final considerations: The role of nurses in PHC is a broad and vast field in the qualification process, whether in clinical or managerial practice, these practices performed by nurses in the UBS are both administrative and direct user assistance practices.