Study of qualitative nature that used the History of Life Method and had as study subject the perception of the nursing staff about the experience acting in a child's birth with congenital malformation. The result allowed the construction of three thematic categories: the perception of the nursing staff when attending a child's birth with congenital malformation; the strategies used by the nursing team; and the factors that infuse on the performance of the team. The study evidenced that the experience of acting in malformed child's birth is noticed as much a pleased and gratifying experience, as a stressful and uncomfortable experience. The perception of that experience is influenced by the history of the individual's life; process of the professional's formation; time of performance and institutional support, concerning to the relation to the technical aspects, scientific and emotional ones.
Abnormalities; CHild Health; Nursing