This article was a part of a research called Management Competences required from the nurse in the Family Health Program (FHP) and has as aim to identify the management attitudes required from the nurse to the manager of the nurse assistance in the Family Health Units (FHU) of a city of the "catarinense" seashore under a perception from these professionals. It was a descrptive-exploratory study based on a semi-structured questionary for data colection. The population was constituted by 72 participants that scored from 01 and 05 to each item of the questionary. The study pointed to the emphasis in the development of new competences by the nurses that lead the reach of the performances and consequently the quality of the assistance and to the community satisfaction.