Abstract
Objective
To describe the validation process of the content of a nursing care protocol for patients undergoing palliative care and hospitalized in intensive care units.
Methods
This was a cross-sectional, descriptive, methodological study, resulting from the judgment by 11 experts involved in teaching and/or care. The operationalization occurred through the consistency among the answers of the experts obtained by the Content Validity Index in a round.
Results
Fifteen items were assessed: nine corresponding to the nursing history and six related to nursing interventions, presenting a content validity index of 0.9 to 1.0. Of the 165 answers, 67.27% were considered appropriate, 30.91% were appropriate with alterations, and only 1.82% were deemed inappropriate. Such results confirm the validity of content according to the assessment by the experts.
Conclusion
The nursing care protocol for patients undergoing palliative care, hospitalized in intensive care units, proved to be valid and applicable in the clinical practice.
Nursing assessment; Palliative care; Hospice and palliative care nursing; Ethics, nursing; Nursing care
