This comparative study of Swedish and Mozambican nurses' beließ and actions in encounters with family caregivers was conducted by analyzing ethnographic fieldwork in pédiatrie hospital settings. The aim was to reveal similarities and diversities in their culturally embedded contexts. A total of 65 nurses were studied working in their daily practice. The analysis was guided by a theoretical framework of actions, such as social modes, and of common thinking in a professional group. The comparative findings, with cultural variations, revealed similarities in the nurses' organizing and demanding actions, as well as diversity in their eliciting actions. The nurses' beliefs concerned types of family caregivers and their activities. The findings refiect the diversity aligned to culturally embedded conditions.