The tonsils are the accumulations of lymphatic tissue in the human body that are found in the pharynx. They protects the body from microorganisms that can cause infection and are an essential part of the immune system. Tonsils surgery is the most common surgery in the pediatric group. Although considered almost harmless, it has many potential dangers. The operation is done for three main reasons: enlarged tonsils in children are usually combined with an enlarged third tonsil, if a person has had purulent angina five or more times within two years and if there is a suspected tonsil tumor then surgery is both a therapy and a diagnosis. There are two main methods of tonsillectomy: extracapsular and intracapsular tonsillectomy. The aim of the paper is to present the importance of tonsillectomy, the benefits it carries and the possible complications, to present the health care plan needed to select nursing diagnoses, adequate goals and interventions before and after tonsillectomy. Therole of the nurse in thenursing care of the surgical patient is of paramount importance. It helps psychologically, physically and educationally in the preoperative course. The nurse devises a health care plan, implements it and eventually evaluates what has been done, which allows a chronological overview of the care and the results achieved. Communication with the patient is very important and serves to reduce the intensity of negative emotional states, good communication achieves additional therapeutic effects in the treatment of the patient. From admission to hospital to discharge, the nurse must devote every second of her work to the patient in order for this collaboration to be successful and for the patient to be satisfied on discharge.