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Abstract
This experience report presents the characterization of the profile of nurses and a brief outline of the practices of nurses who work in Primary Health Care (PHC), based on conducting research in the southern region of Brazil. For this report, the database of the multicenter project entitled “Nursing Practices in the Context of Primary Health Care: National Study of Mixed Methods” was used. The research team in the southern region was conducted by researchers and undergraduate and graduate students linked to public teaching and research institutions and the Regional Nursing Councils. In the qualitative stage, in the South region, 174 nurses participated in the study. Of these, 74 (42.5%) were from the state of Paraná, 59 (33.9%) from Rio Grande do Sul and 41 (23.5%) from Santa Catarina. In the quantitative stage, 1,323 nurses who have been working in PHC for more than 3 years in the states of the southern region participated in this stage. Socioeconomic aspects, professional training and conditions of employment, work and income were identified. The experiences between students and researchers in conducting research during a pandemic period was challenging due to the innovation in the ways of collecting data and due to the emotional and physical fragility of all those involved. However, it allowed understanding the profile of nurses' practices and alerted to the essential character of the work process recommended in this point of care, especially the actions and health responsibility that the professional nurse assumes with protagonism in PHC.