Technology for nursing consultation with transsexual women in the light of Leininger's transcultural theory.

Objective: to describe the construction and validation of a nursing consultation technology for transgender women.

Methods: a methodological study developed in three stages with construction based on the Leininger's Cross-Cultural Theory, content validation performed by experts in transgender sexual health and evaluation by nurses of care for transgender women. Items with a minimum agreement of 80% were considered validated, according to the Content Validity Index and binomial test.

Results: the technology contains 59 items in three blocks: the first, for identification of the transsexual woman; the second, with the Clinical Data; and the third, regarding the Propaedeutics of Care. All items reached agreement higher than 0.8 and an overall Validity Index of 80%.

Conclusions: the technology was content-validated and evaluated by nurses and can be applicable in clinical and outpatient practice as well as in academia to promote quality care for transgender women.