Abstract
Objective: To identify the role of the nurse in the insertion of the partner in prenatal care and in the treatment of pregnant women with positive tests for syphilis. Methods: It is a literature review of the last ten years, in the databases: MEDLINE, LILACS, BDENF inserted in BVSALUD; using the descriptors Syphilis; Pregnancy; Newborn; Sexual Partners; Nursing; and Therapeutics, crossed by means of the Boolean connector AND and OR. Results: 22 articles were fully available and in the last ten years of research and publication, in Portuguese, English and Spanish. Conclusion: The nurse has a fundamental role in the monitoring and treatment of pregnant women with syphilis, in addition to that, the prenatal care of pregnant women with positive syphilis tests is more effective if the partner is included. It is necessary to carry out further studies on the role of nurses in approaching the partners of pregnant women with syphilis.