Abstract
Objective: to analyze the knowledge in the literature about the nursing reception at neonatal ICU according to the parents-children binomial. Methods: This is a integrative review of the literature, with consultation in the LILACS, PUBMED and SCIELO databases. The descriptors: neonatal ICU and host, neonatal ICU and humanization, neonatal ICU and parents-infant relationship. Fourteen articles were selected according to the inclusion criteria, between the years 2011 to 2018. Results: Fourteen articles were included in the final sample of the study, being categorized into: Nursing care in neonatal ICU; Perception of the parents about their child hospitalized in the neonatal ICU; Parent-child link in neo-ICU; Parents' experience in the neonatal ICU; Humanization in the Neonatal ICU from the perspective of the parents. Conclusion: The role of the child is of great importance to the newborn and to the reception of the parents, and the persuasions are precarious and conscious.