Methodological study, carried out between April to December 2010, which aimed to describe the criteria for construction, appearance and content validation of an instrument to assess the Reception with Risk Rating (RRR). The strategies of Content Validation through Delphi technique and Appearance Validation were used. The appreciation of the instrument was made by a panel of judges, consisting of ten nurses, teachers with titration of specialists, teachers and/or doctors with experience in RRR. We conclude that the instrument has content and appearance validity to assess the RRR because the indices of reliability and agreement in all three dimensions of health evaluation Donabedian reached values above the established standard, ie 80%.
Validation Studies; Emergency Nursing; Emergency Hospital Service; User Embracement; Nursing
