Translation and cultural adaptation for Brazil of the Developing Nurses' Thinking model1

Authors

Rodrigo Jensen, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho
Diná de Almeida Lopes Monteiro da Cruz, Universidade de São Paulo
Mary Gay Tesoro, CUNY Lehman College
Maria Helena Baena de Moraes Lopes, Universidade Estadual de Campinas

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Spring January 2014

Abstract

Objectives to translate and culturally adapt to Brazilian Portuguese the Developing Nurses' Thinking model, used as a strategy for teaching clinical reasoning. Method the translation and cultural adaptation were undertaken through initial translation, synthesis of the translations, back-translation, evaluation by a committee of specialists and a pre-test with 33 undergraduate nursing students. Results the stages of initial translation, synthesis of the translations and back-translation were undertaken satisfactorily, small adjustments being needed. In the evaluation of the translated version by the committee of specialists, all the items obtained agreement over 80% in the first round of evaluation and in the pre-test with the students, so the model was shown to be fit for purpose. Conclusion the use of the model as a complementary strategy in the teaching of diagnostic reasoning is recommended, with a view to the training of nurses who are more aware regarding the diagnostic task and the importance of patient safety.

Comments

This work was originally published in Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem, available at doi:10.1590/0104-1169.3232.2402.