Goes, Claudia CostaMelo, Márcio Cristiano deRolim, Ana Carine ArrudaJacob, Lia Maristela da SilvaCabral, Elizabeth Regina de Melo2020-12-212020-12-212018GOES, Claudia Costa; MELO, Márcio Cristiano de; ROLIM, Ana Carine Arruda; JACOB, Lia Maristela da Silva; CABRAL, Elizabeth Regina de Melo. Descrição do perfil da enfermagem no Estado de São Paulo. Intellectus Revista Acadêmica Digital, [s. l.], v. 44, p. 5-22, 2018. Disponível em: http://www.revistaintellectus.com.br/VisualizacaoArtigo.aspx?id=46. Acesso em: 02 set. 2020.1679-8902https://repositorio.ufrn.br/handle/123456789/31072This study aims to describe the profile of nursing professionals in the state of São Paulo. This is an ecological and descriptive study with data from the survey "Profile of Nursing in Brazil". There is greater concentration of female professionals, the predominance of young adults, the concentration of professionals in the capital, the influence of family lineage in the profession choice, the low education of mid-level nursing professionals and the tendency of staff to specialize in area. Among the aspects that are influenced by the current labor market situation, we can highlight the excessive workload, access to information technologies to acquire knowledge and greater concentration of professionals in public employment institutions. We conclude that it is necessary to know in a systematic, comprehensive and detailed this essential profession to the health sector, which brings with it the biggest technical contingent of the whole workforce in health in BrazilAttribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Brazilhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/br/EnfermagemProfissionais de EnfermagemRecursos Humanos de EnfermagemEquipe de EnfermagemAnálise de DadosNursingNurse PractitionersNursing StaffNursing TeamData Analysisarticle