The relationships with the nursing experience of premature birth of a child, influences the experience of women. The aim of this study is to delineate the relationship between nursing staff and mothers with babies admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit presented in articles published between 2005 and 2010. We used the databases CINAHL, MEDLINE and LILACS for studies published between 2005 and 2010 with the following keywords: Neonatal Nursing, Premature, Mothers and Nursing Care, a total of 21 articles organized into categories: Phases Faced by Parents during the stay in the Baby NICU; Relationship between Nurse and Mother; Support of Nursing; Careless on the Relationship Between Mother and Nurse Education and Action in Health Studies point to the need of mothers for support that includes emotional support, involvement in caring for the baby, ready to come and talk.