title: Creating and validating an instrument to identify the workload at an oncology and hematology outpatient service.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Construct and to validate an instrument for measuring the time spent by nursing staff in the interventions/activities in Outpatient Oncology and Hematology, interventions based on Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC), for key areas of Pediatric Oncology and Oncology Nursing.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional study divided into two steps: (1) construction of an instrument to measure the interventions/Nursing activities and (2) validation of this instrument.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We selected 32 essential interventions from NIC for Pediatric Oncology and Oncology Nursing areas. The judges agreed with removing 13 and including 6 interventions in the instrument, beyond personal activity.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The choice of essential interventions from NIC is justified by the gain time on research.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Lelia Gonçalves Rocha
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Raquel Rapone
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Gaidzinski
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009736:Nursing Process / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009859:Oncology Nursing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016522:Oncology Service, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D013997:Time Factors; D016526:Workload / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*