Cross-cultural adaptation of the Capabilities of Nurse Educators questionnaire for use in Brazil

Abstract

Objective: to cross-culturally adapt the Capabilities of Nurse Educators questionnaire to Portuguese. Methods: this methodological study followed the steps of translation and content validation by experts, conducted according to the guidelines of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research. During the content validation phase, the questionnaire was administered to 10 expert nurses, and the Content Validity Index was used, which is considered adequate when greater than or equal to 90%. The Content Validity Ratio was also calculated, with values greater than or equal to 0.80 being considered acceptable. Additionally, the agreement among experts was measured using the first-order agreement coefficient. Results: the content validation process resulted in a content validity index above 90%, a content validity ratio above 0.80, and an agreement rate greater than 0.90. Conclusion: the instrument demonstrated adequate evidence in the content validation process (semantic, idiomatic, and conceptual), proving to be suitable for assessing the competencies of nurse educators in the Brazilian context. Contributions to practice: the instrument is able to identify strengths and skills that need to be developed in the practice of nurse educators in academic or healthcare settings.

Keywords

• cross-cultural comparison; education
• nursing; translating; nurses male; validation study.