This research aimed to analyze the management of quality implemented in a hospital nursing care to learn the opinion of nurses regarding the management of the service they perform. Because the study exploratory and descriptive characteristics, the data collection was performed through an interview using a form elaborated by the author based in Deming (1990) and Antunes (1997). We believe the initial objectives were reached based on the literature review and results obtained. Among the main the results we can point that 17 (100%) of the interviewed nurses affirm to know the philosophy of Total Quality applied to the nursing service in which they work and believe the implementation of the philosophy improved their practice. Beside that, four (24%) among all, the only ones present at hospital since the adoption of the new philosophy, perceive the client's increased satisfaction regarding the care delivered; believe the interpersonal relationship of the nursing team improved; and believe the professional performance of the nursing team improved after the implementation of the philosophy. Among the 14 principles of the Deming (1990), the higher scored one was the seventh, which concerns to the adoption and institution of leadership (82% of the attributions). On the other hand, the least scored principle was the third: "cease the dependency of mass inspection" (18% of the attributions). We pretend that nurses, specially those who exert management positions, consider the philosophy of Total Quality as viable and accept the challenge of breaking the barriers of tradition, going from discourse to the practice.