Short-term central venous catheter: Production of educational videos for the Nursing team

Abstract

Objective to prepare and validate scripts and storyboards for the production of educational videos, in digital format, about the care and maintenance of the central venous catheters in adult patients. Method a methodological and descriptive study about the elaboration and validation of scripts and storyboards for the production of educational videos that was conducted in two methodological stages: pre-production and production. The pre-production stage was based on three phases: preparation of the video scripts, elaboration of the storyboards, and validation by experts. Validation of the scripts and storyboards was in charge of 9 specialist judges in the subject matter and 2 technical experts in video; the Content Validation Index (CVI) was calculated considering as acceptable a minimum index of 0.80 for each item of the instruments. Results three educational videos were created with the following themes: dressing, maintenance and exchange and removal of the central venous catheter. Concerning the validation by expert judges in the subject matter and expert video technicians, all items evaluated resulted in agreement with a CVI of 100.0. Conclusion and implications for the practice the educational videos were elaborated, validated and suitable to be made available; the judges' participation in the validation of this material was essential to ensure the theoretical and practical relevance of the result.