The world of work in the family health strategy from the nurses’ perspective

We aim to analyze how the world of work in the Family Health Strategy was configured in the first decade of the 2000s from the nurses’ perspective, especially with regard to permanent and continuing health education; selection and recruitment of professionals; and the guarantee of sufficient material resources, equipment and supplies for the operation of the health units and teams. It is a qualitative study, with a critical analytical approach, developed in a Brazilian city in the state of Bahia. The participants included six nurses who participated in the Family Health Strategy in the first decade of the 2000s. In-depth interview and documentary analysis were used to collect data and triangulation and Bardin’s content analysis were used to analyze the data. We realize that continuing health education is presented as training; the selection and recruitment of professionals were similar to the process of work precariousness, strengthened by the lack of guarantee of material resources, equipment and supplies. As a result, we highlight that a greater focus on the conflicts and contradictions between the development of health work and the process of precariousness of work is important.