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Development and validation of an instrument to assess the knowledge of nurses on enteral nutrition
Viviane Carrasco1, Maria Isabel Pedreira de Freitas2, Ana Railka de Souza Oliveira-Kumakura2
1Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros, Departamento de Enfermagem, Montes Claros, MG, Brasil.
Objective:
To develop and validate an instrument to assess the knowledge of nurses on enteral nutrition.
Method:
Methodological study, with literature review, content validation and pre-test. Studies published from 2008 to 2018 on enteral nutrition were included in the review. The material was evaluated by 6 judges, following psychometric criteria. The degree of agreement was calculated. The pre-test was carried out with 30 nurses, with the objective of verifying the suitability and understanding of the instrument for its use in clinical practice.
Results:
The instrument constructed had four domains with 10 items each. The domains Indication of enteral nutrition and Monitoring of enteral nutrition had better degrees of agreement -0.94 and 0.93, respectively. The categories that obtained values below 0.90 were reformulated or removed, resulting in 38 categories distributed in 4 domains. In the pre-test, the agreement was 0.90, and the instrument was considered easy to understand and adequate for practice.
Conclusion:
The instrument constructed was validated regarding content and application in nursing practice.
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