Validation of a care protocol for the septic patient in the Intensive Care Unit

Validación de protocolo asistencial al paciente séptico en la Unidad de Terapia Intensiva

ABSTRACT

Objective:

to elaborate and validate a protocol for the care of the nurse to the septic patient in Intensive Care Units (ICUs).

Method:

instrument validation study. Two steps were followed: instrument development and content validation according to the Delphi technique.

Results:

the validation of contents related to the nurse’s assistance to the septic patient in intensive care was initially composed of eighteen items analyzed by the evaluators/judges. From this, through the Content Validity Index (CVI), thirteen items with strong evidence of validation were identified, CVI = 0.79. Then the instrument was refined, being then composed of fifteen items, which in the second phase Delphi had a percentage of agreement above 84% for the variables pertinent to the protocol.

Conclusion:

the method was effective to validate the contents of a protocol for the nurse’s assistance to the septic patient in the ICU.

Descriptors:
Sepsis; Nursing; Validation Studies; Clinical Protocols; Intensive Care Unit