title: [Adaptation and validation of the "Positions on Nursing Diagnosis" tool to Portuguese language].
abstract: The Positions on Nursing Diagnosis tool (PND) was developed in English to assess nurses' attitudes toward nursing diagnosis.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To adapt and validate the PND to Portuguese Brazilian language; and to verify associations between PND and selected variables. The Brazilian version of PND, named Posições frente ao Diagnóstico de Enfermagem (PDE), was obtained by translation, back-translation, and comparison between the original version and the back-translated one. The PDE was applied to 400 nurses and nursing students. The PDE scores were positively correlated with a general statement favorable to nursing diagnosis; the factor analysis produced 3 factors (evaluative, potency, and activity). The nursing students showed more favorable attitudes toward nursing diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem da Universidade de São Paulo.
authors.forename: Diná de Almeida Lopes Monteiro
authors.initials: Dde A
authors.lastname: da Cruz
authors.forename: Alda Aparecida Mastelaro
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: Ana Paula Vilcinski
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Oliva
authors.forename: Consuelo Garcia
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Corrêa
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001938:Brazil; D007802:Language; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis