Cultural adaptation and validation of an instrument about nursing critical thinking skills

ABSTRACT Objectives: to validate the Nursing Critical Thinking in Clinical Practice Questionnaire regarding cultural aspects and metric properties. Methods: a methodological research carried out through cross-cultural adaptation, face content validity, dimensional construct known groups test-retest reliability internal consistency. 511 nurses from four hospitals participated study, of which 54 retest. Results: instrument validation for Brazilian Portuguese maintained equivalences, according original version. The validity demonstrated adjustment tetrafactorial structure version (GFI=0.69). There were statistically significant differences critical thinking skills between with graduate degrees who undertook training, reading articles, developing working an institution longer time implementation Process. showed temporal stability (ICC 073-0.84; p<0.001) adequate consistency (?=0.97). Conclusions: proved be valid reliable studied population.