Abstract The clinical situation with a bad prognostic verification produces a load of reactions and varied feelings that influence the whole infirmary. This is a descriptive exploratory study based on quantitative approach, whose goal is to describe the nursing professionals’ perception about their performance with the child and the mother/attendant after a bad prognostic verification. After the analyses, three categories emerged: The feelings ahead of the “bad prognostic” propitiating the crisis; Taking care of the child with bad prognostic and; […]