Translation and cross-cultural adaptation of the 2017 Oncology Nurse Navigator Core Competencies in Brazil

This study aimed to translate and cross-culturally adapt the Oncology Nurse Navigator Core Competencies 2017 instrument into Brazilian Portuguese.

This study used a methodological cross-cultural adaptation approach. After authorization from the authors of the original version of the Oncology Nurse Navigator Core Competencies 2017 comprising 52 competencies, the instrument was translated following the recommended guidelines. A panel of five oncology specialists evaluated and consolidated the translation. To analyze the adequacy of the translation, 59 nurse judges-all oncology nurse navigators-were recruited using the snowball technique. Data was collected between December 2020 and August 2022.

The first and second rounds of assessing the suitability of the translated competencies involved 24 and 17 judges, respectively. Their average age was 37.5 years and the majority (87.5%) were women. After incorporating the requested adjustments based on feedback from the second round, the questions exhibited satisfactory proportions of agreement and content validity ratios.

The 52 competencies in 5 categories were adapted and adequate according to the proportions of agreement and content validity ratios, which assumed values compatible with those suggested for adequacy. We therefore conclude that these competencies enable a better understanding of the role and performance of oncology nurse navigators in the Brazilian context.