[Validating the nomenclature diagnosis of pre-natal nursing--base CIPESC in Curitiba].

The existence of a specific language for the profession is essential, and the International Nursing Practice Classification in Collective Health (CIPESC, in the Portuguese-language acronym) has as one of its goals the classification of the work of nurses in collective health. In Brazil, the Brazilian Nursing Association (ABEn, in the Portuguese-language acronym), responsible for the classification, found in the Municipal Secretary of Health of Curitiba, in the State of Parand, an ally for its effective implantation. The purpose of this article was to validate the nomenclature of the 52 diagnoses of prenatal Nursing CIPESC base--in Curitiba. It is an exploratory-descriptive study developed with assisting nurses and experts in the area of gynecology obstetrics and terminology. The results were presented through the Consonance Index through absolute frequency. All the definitions were validated, but they need to be adjusted to the daily language. The nurses show difficulty in interpret nursing intervention in the promotion of well-being, and it is urgent to discuss the concept of health promotion and the health-illness process in collective health.