Abstract
Objective: Describe in the literature topics related to nursing care for newborns hospitalized in the Neonatal ICU undergoing peritoneal dialysis. Bibliographic review: Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is the method of choice to treat Acute Kidney Injury in newborns who are in the Neonatal ICU. And the nurse, considering legislation on their exercise, works directly in the promotion, protection, recovery and rehabilitation of the health of patients at risk, and these professionals are directly involved in the care of the newborn in the ICU who is in this condition. Thus, it is up to the nursing professional to care about the performance of PD, such as the assembly and/or exchange of systems (or burps), the exchange of dialysis solutions, the monitoring of the water balance of this newborn, constant evaluation of the aspect of the dressings and the catheter ostium, catheter washing, continuous control of vital signs and psychological support to the family. Final considerations: This study presented nursing care strategies with newborns in PD, such as monitoring vital signs, care with the tenckhoff catheter and exchange of PD solutions, infection prevention, monitoring of hydroelectrolytic balance, among others, as a way to direct nurses' attention to essential aspects to be evaluated in such specific cases.