this text presents a study carried out at a healthcare unit in salvador/bahia, with the purpose of building quality indicators for nursing care from a gender perspective. the construction of the indicators occurred by means of an investigation that analyzed women's ideas about the pre-natal nursing assistance provided to them, based on the identifications of actions that promote autonomy, merit, and participation. data collecting was based on a semi-structured interview with 14 women that are users of pre-natal nursing care and accepted to participate in this study and had also been cared by a nurse in a previous pregnancy or during the present one. two kinds of gender indicators in nursing care were built: practical indicators and strategic gender indicators.
