Construction and Validation of an Occupational Risks Scale for Intra-hospital Nursing Staff.

Objective: To construct and evaluate initial validity indicators of an instrument on occupational risks for hospital nursing staff.

Methods: A methodological study was conducted in four Chilean hospitals. The study was carried out in three stages: (i) integrative literature review on risk assessment instruments for nursing; (ii) descriptive qualitative study on 113 health professionals to identify their work conditions and experiences regarding occupational risks and construct three instruments proposals for nursing managers, clinical nurses, and technicians; and (iii) validity and reliability study of the three instruments in 503 nurses and nursing technicians.