Bibliographic study that aimed to reflect about the nursing care to the child who is victim of familiar violence from the analysis of scientific production concerning this subject. Thirty-seven indexed publications were analyzed (08 national and 29 international) using the following bibliographic databases: BDENF; LILACS and MEDLINE. Estalishing the period of 1993-2003 as limit time. The results were analyzed applying the technique of content analysis becoming possible the distinction of knowledge in three topical cores: diagnostic, qualification of the nurse, and nursing care to the child victim of familiar violence. An increase of significant nursing scientific production focalizing this subject was not visualized in the last years.
Domestic violence; Child; Pediatric nursing