• Danielle Ritter Kwiatkoski, MantovaniMaria de FátimaMFPhD, Associate Professor, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil., Evani Marques Pereira, Carina Bortolato-Major, Ângela Taís Mattei, and Aida Maris Peres.
• MSc, RN, Hospital Universitário Regional dos Campos Gerais, Secretaria de Estado de Saúde do Paraná, Ponta Grossa, PR, Brazil.
• Rev Lat Am Enfermagem. 2017 Jun 5; 25: e2898.

Objectivetranslating and transculturally adapting the Clinical Competence Questionnaire to Brazilian senior undergraduate Nursing students, as well as measuring psychometric properties of the questionnaire.Methoda methodological study carried out in six steps: translation of the Clinical Competence Questionnaire instrument, consensus of the translations, back-translation, analysis by an expert committee, pre-testing and then presentation of the cross-cultural adaptation process to the developers. Psychometric properties were measured using Cronbach's alpha, intraclass correlation coefficient and content validity index.Resultsthe instrument was translated, transculturally adapted and its final version consisted of 48 items. Cronbach's alpha coefficient was 0.90, and the agreement index of the items was 99% for students and 98% for evaluators.Conclusionthe Clinical Competence Questionnaire was translated and adapted to Brazilian students, and the psychometric properties of the Portuguese version of the questionnaire presented satisfactory internal consistency regarding the studied sample.

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