The text seeks to reflect on the challenge of expressing the care of nursing in the field of public healthcare, aiming at present proximity between Nursing practices in this field of operation and a brief summary of the development of care in the area of Nursing. As care is a structural element in the Nursing practice, it is necessary to develop studies that seek to identify, acknowledge and analyze the care practices that are being carried out by nurses in the field of public healthcare since the studies published on Nursing care are more focused on care in the hospital perspective.
KEYWORDS
Public health nursing; Nursing care; Nursing practice