title: The Idealized Brazilian Health System versus the real one: contributions from the nursing field.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to identify the perceptions of professionals working in a facility connected with the Brazilian Unified Health System - SUS in regard to what they know, think and talk about public health policy.
  
  
  METHODS
  this exploratory-descriptive study with a qualitative nature was conducted with 28 professionals working in a facility connected with the SUS. Data were collected through interviews with guiding questions and analyzed through the thematic content analysis technique.
  
  
  RESULTS
  coded and interpreted data resulted in three thematic axes: The SUS - perfect web that does not work in practice; The recurrent habit of complaining about the SUS; The need to rethink the way of thinking about, acting in and managing the SUS.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  the professionals working for the SUS are aware of the principles and guidelines that govern the Brazilian health system, however, they reproduce a dichotomous and linear model of conception and practice strongly linked to the thinking of society in general.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Centro Universitário Franciscano, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Dirce Stein
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Backes
authors.affiliation: Centro Universitário Franciscano, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Martha Helena Teixeira
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: de Souza
authors.affiliation: Centro Universitário Franciscano, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Mara Teixeira Caino
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Marchiori
authors.affiliation: Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Centro Universitário Franciscano, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Juliana Silveira
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Colomé
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marli Terezinha Stein
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Backes
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Rio Grande, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Wilson Danilo
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Lunardi Filho
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001938:Brazil; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000592:standards; D006291:Health Policy; D009729:Nursing