Cogitare Enfermagem (Dec 2018)

DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF A NURSING CARE INSTRUMENT FOR PATIENTS IN INTENSIVE CARE UNITS

  • Ráisa Camilo Ferreira,
  • Fábio Luis Montanari,
  • Elaine Ribeiro,
  • Marisa Dibbern Lopes Correia,
  • Juliana Prado Biani Manzoli,
  • Erika Christiane Marocco Duran

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v23i4.57539
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 23, no. 4
p. e57539

Abstract

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Objective: to develop and validate an instrument for nursing care, based on specific literature for patients hospitalized in the Intensive Care Unit of a university hospital in the state of São Paulo.Method: methodological study, with data collection from August to December 2015, in three phases: characterization of the population and survey of the nursing diagnoses, development, and validation of the instrument for the registration of the Nursing Process.The Delphi technique was used for the content validation, with a group of experts in the area, composed of 11 judges.Results: during the data collection, 152 patients were hospitalized, 61.18% male, with a mean age of 54.9 years.The content of the instrument was validated with a validation index >0.81. Conclusion: the construction of instruments for the Nursing Process is useful to facilitate the implementation of care, to evidence the care and to increase communication and the safety of the healthcare.

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