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Background: Person-centred communication is needed to acknowledge patients’ experiences and enhance their involvement in healthcare. For many people, primary care is the first point of contact with healthcare services. For first line decision-making processes to best meet patients’ and public’s health needs, it is important to identify communication strategies that support person-centred care and take into account patients’ level of health literacy. Aim: To review empirical research and identify knowledge gaps on patient-nurse communication and decision-making within primary care consultations. Methods: A review of published empirical studies which include observations of real-life patient-nurse communication in primary care. A systematic literature search in four data bases was conducted. A total of 7211 articles was screened, which resulted in the inclusion of 19 articles. Results: The number of studies on real-time patient-nurse communication and decision-making in primary care is limited. This points to a scarcity of insights in the field of communication and decision-making in patient-nurse consultations within primary care. Further results will be presented at the conference. Conclusion: There is a need for research to gain a deeper understanding of nurses’ communication strategies and the way they involve patients in decision-making. Such insight is needed to enhance person-centred care within nursing encounters being patients’ first point of contact within Swedish primary care.