The systematization process of care has as its first step the nursing history. This study aims to present the experience of data collection for care planning involving families of children with Chronic Kidney Failure on peritoneal dialysis. Family Nursing was used as a theoretical reference framework. Data were collected by means of in-depth interviews, documentary analysis, field diary, genogram and ecomap. Study participants were four families. The authors discuss in-depth interviews, its limitations and advantages, the construction of the genogram and ecomap and ethical, legal and social implications. Finally, it is presented general considerations on how to apply these instruments in care delivery involving families of children with Chronic Kidney Failure on peritoneal dialysis.
Family nursing; Child; Kidney failure, chronic