Abstract
Objective: To analyze the meaning of the work for the nurse in Primary Health Care. Methods: It is a study of narrative literature review, carried out in the databases MEDLINE, LILACS, IBECS, BDENF, CUMED and PUBMED, using as descriptors "working conditions", "job satisfaction", "nursing human resources", "Human resources in health", "nurses" and "Primary Health Care" in the Portuguese, English and Spanish languages and publication time cut from 2000 to 2015. Results: Twenty-one potentially relevant articles were selected that addressed at least one of the following topics: "Role of the nurse in Primary Health Care", "Determinants of Workload", "Repercussions in Work" and "Reflexes in Health of the Nursing Professional". Final considerations: It was evidenced are multivariate factors that influence the nurses' professional life and that they have repercussions on the physical, emotional and the individual's perception regarding the meanings of the work. The most relevant contributing factors were the need to monitor mental health, with a view to reducing the sources of health disorder, in order to facilitate the reorganization of the work process in Primary Health Care.