title: Experts for Validation Studies in Nursing: New Proposal and Selection Criteria.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To propose new criteria for expert selection for validation studies in nursing in Brazil.
  
  
  METHODS
  (a) Literature review on terms related to expertise and criteria for expert selection; and (b) development of new consensus criteria for expert selection and consensus building.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Definitions for the terms novice, advanced beginner, competent, proficient, and expert were found. In the second phase, criteria to rank the experts (junior, senior, and master) were developed and validated according to a score of 5-20.
  The new criteria valued clinical experience over academic experience. The use of these criteria by researchers in the country should reduce uncertainties, difficulties, and limitations imposed by the modification/current adaptation of already existing criteria.
authors.affiliation: Paulista Nursing School, Federal University of São Paulo (EPE, UNIFESP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil.|Lauro de Souza Lima Institute (ILSL), Bauru, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Heloísa Cristina
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Quatrini Carvalho Passos Guimarães
authors.affiliation: EPE, UNIFESP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Silvana Barbosa
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Pena
authors.affiliation: EPE, UNIFESP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Juliana de Lima
authors.initials: Jde L
authors.lastname: Lopes
authors.affiliation: EPE, UNIFESP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.|Adult ICU, School Hospital, São Paulo University (HU-USP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Camila Takao
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Lopes
authors.affiliation: EPE, UNIFESP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Alba Lucia
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Bottura Leite de Barros
mesh_terms: D009732:Nursing Care; D054928:Validation Studies as Topic
keywords: Nursing; nursing diagnosis; validation studies as topic