Unit-Based Nurses' Development of a Couplet Care Acuity Scoring Tool.

Objective: To evaluate content validity (CV) and interrater reliability (IRR) of an acuity scoring tool developed for the couplet care/postpartum/nursery patient population and to determine if there was agreement between supervisor or director scoring and staff scoring.

Design: A scoring tool to assess the acuity of the couplet care/postpartum/nursery patients was developed.

Setting: Two hospitals: one Level 2 hospital, one Level 3 hospital.