Construction and validation of checklist for transfer of care at discharge of the post-anesthetic recovery room

Abstract

Objective: To construct and validate checklist for communication in the transfer of in-hospital care of surgical patients discharged from the Post-anesthetic Recovery Room. Method: Methodological study conducted in two perioperative units of a tertiary school hospital, public, of regional coverage, from July 2020 to October 2021, in two stages: 1) preparation of the checklist with textual and integrative review, and meeting with experts in perioperative nursing; 2) validation, consisting of content analysis by panel of experts and pre-test with perioperative nurses. Items with minimum agreement of 0.80 were considered valid. Results: Checklist composed of 60 items and 127 sub-items, subdivided into four domains that form the mnemonic “IPRA”, I = patient identification, P = preoperative, R = performed in the surgical center and A = discharge from the post-anesthetic recovery room. All elements of the checklist obtained Content Validity Index above 0.95, being the general 0.99. Conclusion: The checklist was considered valid and can be used to promote communication in the transfer of care of the surgical patient at discharge from the post-anesthetic recovery room.