Construction and content validation of a checklist for effective communication of nursing care to newborns.

OBJECTIVES

to construct and validate the content of a checklist to support communication of nursing care for newborns admitted to a neonatal intensive care unit.

METHODS

a methodological study conducted in two stages. The first involved three dimensions: theoretical, grounded in an integrative literature review; operational, with the development of the initial version of the checklist; and empirical, carried out through the "Plan, Do, Check, Act" cycle with the participation of 15 nurses from a neonatal intensive care unit. The second stage consisted of content validation by 19 experts, using the Content Validity Ratio.

RESULTS

the final checklist consisted of 84 items, distributed as follows: 31 items in the Procedures category, 23 in Checking, and 30 in Documentation. The overall Content Validity Ratio reached an average of 0.948.

CONCLUSIONS

the checklist was validated in terms of content by consensus of the expert committee and can be used in clinical practice.