title: Validation of newborn positioning protocol in Intensive Care Unit.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to verify the positioning indications of newborn sand build a standard operating procedure protocol for newborn positioning in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).
  
  
  METHODS
  for protocol validation, the Delphi technique was used ,in which expert nurses in the field reviewed the proposed procedure.
  
  
  RESULTS
  we present the results of this validation in a protocol form, to contribute to the discussion about newborn positioning in NICU and standardization of nursing care related to positioning. We evaluated ten indicators, in which there was agreementof100.0% in seven, and of80% in three, above the 60% recommended by the validation technique.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  given the importance of newborn positioning in NICU for its neuromuscular development, this study contributes to the adoption of an evidence-based practice for nursing.
authors.affiliation: Curso de Graduação em Enfermagem, Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná, Cascavel, PR, Brasil.
authors.forename: Beatriz Rosana Gonçalves de Oliveira
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Toso
authors.affiliation: Curso de Graduação em Enfermagem, Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná, Cascavel, PR, Brasil.
authors.forename: Cláudia Silveira
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Viera
authors.affiliation: Secretaria Municipal de Saúde, Toledo, PR, Brasil.
authors.forename: Jéssica Martins
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Valter
authors.affiliation: Unidade de Terapia Intensiva Neonatal, Hospital Universitário do Oeste do Paraná, Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná, Cascavel, PR, Brasil.
authors.forename: Silvana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Delatore
authors.affiliation: Unidade de Terapia Intensiva Neonatal, Hospital Universitário do Oeste do Paraná, Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná, Cascavel, PR, Brasil.
authors.forename: Grasiely Mazoti Scalabrin
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Barreto
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D015931:Intensive Care, Neonatal; D017283:Neonatal Nursing