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Aims: to analyze the meanings attributed to the Nurse Consultation in childcare in Primary Health Care in the light of the Theory of Wanda Horta and to know the experiences of these professionals regarding its operation. Method: action research with 15 nurses working in Primary Health Care. Data collected through semi-structured interviews, organized, considering content analysis and interpreted in the light of Theory. Results: three categories emerged: Past and current history of the child and his family; Steps for the implementation of systematic care and Difficulties to carry out the Consultation of Nurses in childcare in Primary Health Care. Conclusion: in their experiences, nurses report difficulties that culminate in the fragmentation of the consultation, however, they mean it as an opportunity to get to know the child and family in their entirety. Systematic operationalization of the Consultation in childcare provides professional empowerment, qualification of assistance and strengthening of the profession as a science of care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]