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Introduction: The Burden of Nursing Care has not been defined as a theoretical or operational concept, however, there are several studies that demonstrate its impact on the quality of nursing care, the increase of adverse events and the health of nursing staff. Objective: To analyze attributes, factors, antecedents, and consequences linked to the concept of Nursing Care Burden in order to clarify its meaning. Materials and Methods: Concept analysis based on Walker and Avant's methodological proposal, through which the characteristics that define a concept with its attributes are examined. Results: The burden of nursing care is the relationship between patient needs and the time available for direct activities, management, and education. Both intrinsic and extrinsic patient factors can influence the patient's level of dependency and needs, increasing nursing interventions and hours of care, thus impacting the burden of care. Discussion: The Nursing Burden of Care involves patient-centered care with adequate resources. It requires planning and leadership on the part of the nursing professional. Lack of competencies and experience, coupled with institutional inflexibility, increases the burden, and leads to dissatisfaction and adverse events. Conclusions: The burden of nursing care is a concept with epistemic grounding in the interactive-integrative view, since it focuses on meeting patients' needs through direct care nursing interventions, management, and education.