This essay has the objective of reflecting on the quotidian as an inquiring space of the citizens submitted to nursing interventionist actions and from the area of health, having the comprehensive sociology as referential of analysis. The results point into the direction of the need of higher investment and of critical comment by giving a new sense to the professional actions when considering the quotidian in the inquiries; the need of less and less formal strategies in the protocols of health care, where in the search of effective results there is a predominance of the interpersonal relations and an affective and familiar commitment with whom is closer, here and now.