title: Instrument to assess the nursing care product: development and content validation.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  develop and validate the content of a tool about nursing care production.
  
  
  METHODS
  the data were collected between 2011 and 2013, based on focus groups, the application of semistructured questionnaires (prototype test) and the Delphi technique. The focus groups were used to produce the instrument items and held at three hospitals in the interior of the State of São Paulo, involving 20 nurses. A panel of 10 experts evaluated the instrument.
  
  
  RESULTS
  after two phases of the Delphi technique, the tool consisted of eight items. The content validity index of the scale corresponded to ≥0.9 and the content validity of the items ranged between 0.8 and 1.0, indicating the maintenance of the structure and content. The assertion on the applicability in daily nursing practice showed a content validity index of the scale equal to 0.8.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  this study permitted the development and content validation of scale on nursing care production, equipping the nurses in their management practice.
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto, São José do Rio Preto, SP, BR.
authors.forename: Danielle Fabiana
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Cucolo
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto, São José do Rio Preto, SP, BR.
authors.forename: Márcia Galan
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Perroca
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003697:Delphi Technique; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009729:Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D017064:Process Assessment, Health Care