CONSTRUÇÃO COLETIVA DE UM INSTRUMENTO DE CUIDADOS DE ENFERMAGEM A PACIENTES NO PRÉ-OPERATÓRIO IMEDIATO.

Objective: to describe the collective construction of a nursing care instrument for immediate preoperative patients using the Theory of Basic Human Needs by Wanda Aguiar Horta as theoretical framework. Method: qualitative study of Convergent Assistance Research type carried out in a hospital in Santa Catarina, Brazil. Data were collected through interviews and focus groups with nurses from April to July 2011. We used thematic content analysis technique. Results: three meetings were held. In the first meeting, the compiled care measures mentioned were presented and the ones to be included in the instrument were collectively selected. The subsequent two meetings were intended to implement the scientific justification of the care measures and completion of the proposed instrument. Care deemed as most important by nurses in the preoperative period were identified. Conclusion: the final version of the instrument was composed of nine care measures grouped into two categories: guidance/education in preoperative surgical care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]