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Background and Purpose: Few tools exist to measure real-time patient demands for care and match them with the supply of available nurses. We translated the Oncology Acuity Tool into a French version (for Switzerland) and conducted preliminary validation. Methods: The setting was two French-speaking Swiss hospitals. Methods included translation and harmonization by experts. Content validity was assessed among nine oncology nurses. Inter-rater reliability was evaluated based on case studies. Results: Content validity results met or exceeded pre-set cut-points and inter-rater reliability results were moderate. Several indicators were changed, added or removed. Conclusion: The Swiss tool may improve real-time estimates of patients' nursing care needs and assist with efficient resource allocation. Additional validation studies are recommended. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In research settings, clinical and research requirements contribute to nursing workload, staffing decisions, and resource allocation. The aim of this article is to define patient acuity in the context of clinical research, or research intensity, and report available instruments to measure it. The design was based on Centre for Reviews and Dissemination recommendations, including defining search terms, developing inclusion and exclusion criteria, followed by abstract review by three members of the team, thorough reading of each article by two team members, and data extraction procedures, including a quality appraisal of each article. Few instruments were available to measure research intensity. Findings provide foundational work for conceptual clarity and tool development, both of which are necessary before workforce allocation based on research intensity can occur. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

OBJECTIVE: This evaluation project focused on assessing the content validity of an adapted version of the Casey-Fink (CF) Graduate Nurse Experience Survey, which is aimed at measuring role transitions in nursing. BACKGROUND: Registered nurses in the hospice and palliative care field need training and confidence to be proficient in core skills including communication, interprofessional competence, and clinical skills required to care for the dying patient. However, a review of the literature revealed a gap in the availability of survey instruments to measure the confidence of nurses entering the field of hospice and palliative care. METHODS: Ten items from the CF survey were revised by the project team and then evaluated for relevance by a group of 7 national hospice and palliative experts. The content validity index (CVI) was used to determine item relevance. RESULTS: Item-level CVI (I-CVI) calculations ranged from 0.57 to 1.0. The 8 items scored between 0.80 and 1.0 were retained as written. One item required further revision (I-CVI, 0.71), and 1 item revision was eliminated (I-CVI, 0.57). Experts also suggested 5 additional items in the original CF-survey need modification. CONCLUSION: The adapted CF-survey tool is ready for further psychometric testing, and next steps include administration to a new sample of nurse residents to determine construct validity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]