Objectives: find out how the nursing team perceives care provided to sexually abused children in hospital emergency units based on what is expressed by the nursing team and what are the features that constitute nursing care in hospital emergency units for sexually abused children. Methods: qualitative survey using the exploratory-descriptive method through a semi-structured interview with 11 members of the nursing team in a hospital emergency unit. Results: in accordance with Bardin's (1991) content analysis, three Context units and six Meaning units were used to reveal the nursing team's perception while caring for sexually abused children in the hospital emergency unit. Conclusions: the team perceives care as going beyond technique, emotionally involving child, team, and family. It was perceived that human care is provided, but that it is not systematized throughout the nursing care process.
Perception; Child care; Sexual violence