Community Health and Public Health Nurses: Case Study in Times of COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has given more relevance to identifying the common and specific competencies of specialized nurses in community health public health, presenting characterizing their interventions, relations with indicators population, factors that facilitate performance, respective regulations. A qualitative case study was undertaken 31 from a group centers data collection by interviews, direct observation, documents analysis. flow model an interpretive matrix, two strategies techniques, used for analysis discussion. majority participants were female, who aware familiar defined competencies, which they put into practice. They recognize activities as important feel happy where are doing what do. have good knowledge regulations concern them. consider themselves well prepared available intervene many dimensions, such epidemiological surveillance, management, empowerment, contributing indexes sustainability. Expected changes related potential contributions advance nursing profession, this highlighted.