摘要：The present study investigated the perception of parents about the intern- ment of a son hospitalized in the Neonatal Intensive Care (NICU). A quali-tative methodology was used, through a case study and as an instru- ment to collect data, a semi-structured interview with a father and a mother of a premature baby inmate in NICU. The content of the interviews was analyzed using the methodology of content analysis, constituting two cate- gories and four subcategories, which provided an understanding that the couple in this study lived moments of ambivalence of feeling, of a modified routine hospitalization, as well as getting support to face these situations. It was noticed the psychologist importance in order to assist the parents in this moment of psychological distress.
关键词：Hospital Psychology;Intensive Care Units;Neonatology;Family;Psicologia Hospitalar;Unidade de Terapia Intensiva;Neonatal;Família
