Nursing care is based on the interaction between nurse and patient. The L’Échelle d’Interactions Infirmière-Patient-23 (EIIP-23) is used to evaluate and understand the perception of nurses about their interventions in the practice of care, to reach better health results. The present study aims to validate the questionnaire EIIP-23 to Portuguese, evaluating its psychometric properties. Methods: This is methodological research for the process of cross-cultural translation and adaptation. Results: The process of cross-cultural translation and adaptation were satisfactory. The committee of experts reached an agreement of more than 90% in the first evaluation for all the items. The internal consistency of the nurse-patient interaction scale 22-PT (NPIS-22-PT) was 0.864. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were carried out in the NPIS-22-PT model, with three factors. The results show that the final factorial solution presents acceptable goodness of fit indexes and adequate convergent validity. Conclusion: The translated version produced a good quality psychometric evaluation, and can be considered a valid, trustworthy, and useful instrument to evaluate the nurse-patient interactions in Portugal. It showed acceptable reliability and validity in psychometric tests. In the context of nursing, the NPIS-22-PT is a relevant instrument.
Studies related to the competencies of clinical nurse leaders as an advanced practice demonstrate that they are an asset to health organizations. However, it is pertinent to use an instrument to measure the self-efficacy of clinical nurse leaders in Portugal to facilitate managers’ decision-making. In this study, we aimed to translate, adapt, and validate the Clinical Nurse Leader Self-Efficacy Scale for the Portuguese cultural context. This is a quantitative, observational, and descriptive cross-sectional study. The sample of this study was non-probabilistic and intentional, consisting of 329 nurses responsible for shift and specialist nurses. The translation and validation process followed the internationally recognized guidelines on the psychometric properties of measurement instruments. The factor analysis explained 62.1% of the variance and had a seven-dimensional structure. The seven factors were: Patient-Centred Care; Unit Management; Clinical Leadership; Strategic Leadership; Team Management; Cost Reduction; and Care Planning. The confirmatory analysis showed that the seven-factor model achieved a suitable adjustment in the Portuguese context. The self-efficacy scale for clinical nurse leaders can be considered a valid and reliable instrument for application in Portugal in any care context. This scale allows the assessment of the nurse’s perception of their ability to intervene effectively as a clinical leader in their care team.
View related articlesView Crossmark data Introduction: The management process is an essential and predominant part of nurses' work, regardless of positions or functions assumed by health institutions [1]. The performance of these professionals in the surgical center (SC) has deserved attention because it involves specificities and articulations indispensable to the management of caring of patients with complex needs. However, what is perceived in reality is that nurses have difficulties in understanding this function. In this sense, this work aims to analyze nurses' practices in the management and care on SC. Materials and methods: This is a qualitative and exploratory research performed in surgical centers of four hospitals, two in Rio Grande do Norte and two in Cear a, Brazil. Data were collected through a semi-structured interview, unsystematic observation of the professionals and also appreciation of the nursing records. The data analysis method used was the Content Analysis, idealized by Bardin [2]. This study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of Universidade Estadual do Cear a, Brazil under statement n 11044791-3. Results: Nine nurses, seven women and two men, aged between 43 and 50 years, were interviewed. All had between 2 and 25 years of service. The anguish of the nurses was identified in the face of the overload of activities and the impotence faced with the lack of good quality materials, medicines and instruments; and the inconsequence of professionals who do not respect norms and routines and, mainly, the lack of planning and systematization of the work that prevents the nurse from providing a direct care to the patient. Discussion and conclusions: In view of the results achieved by the objectives and the method of the study, the research question confirms that in the data collection scenario, there is no delimitation of the margins of the nurses' performance, leading them to assume activities outside their professional responsibility [3]. The overload of activities constitutes an impediment to the practice of direct care to the patient compromising the quality of this. From the point of view of the planning of the activities in the SC, it was observed the inexistence or little importance given to the planning which required of the professionals a process of work based in the situation and condition of improvisation and, consequently, inflicting good practices within the SC generating risks patients.
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