[Primary nursing: adapting a new working model at the surgical nursing service of the Clinics Hospital of Porto Alegre].
The present article reports the evolution of organizational models of health care in the hospital area, portraying part of this process at the Surgical Nursing Service of the Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre. The different kinds of care are discussed on how they interfere on the Nursing duties. We approached Primary Nursing concepts and its repercussion in the nurse-patient relationship proposing alternatives to move our current work close to this trend.