Objectives:

Construct and validate an instrument for collecting data on the quality of nursing care in medical diagnostic services.

Materials and method:

The instrument was constructed pursuant to the theoretical stages described by Pasquali [RD1] and was validated in two ways: through content analysis by nine judges and via an analysis of internal consistency using Cronbach’s alpha on the data obtained by applying the instrument to 203 professional members of the nursing staff at a private medical diagnostic center.

Results:

The 45 proposals evaluated by the judges were satisfactory in terms of relevance, pertinence, clarity and sensitivity. This demonstrates adequate content with respect to the object of the study. Cronbach’s alpha scored 0.90, which shows a good level of internal consistency.

Conclusions:

The validated instrument can be used to support intervention and the organization of care and management in this particular field of nursing.

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