Joelna Eline Gomes Lacerda Freitas Veras I , Emanuella Silva Joventino I , Janaina Fonseca Victor Coutinho I , Francisca Elisângela Teixeira Lima I , Andressa Peripolli Rodrigues I , Lorena Barbosa Ximenes I

Objective: to develop and validate a short guide for the protocol to user embracement with risk classifi cation in pediatrics. Method: methodological study developed in two stages: development of the guide, and face and content validation. The development involved the stratifi cation of the protocol contents into firisk indicators according to the level of complexity; subsequently it was submitted to validation by nine experts divided in two groups: professors who were also researchers, and nurses. Results: in the face validation the experts considered the 25 items of the guide clear and understandable, with agreement levels above 70%. In the content validation, 17 (68%) items were considered relevant by 88.9% of the experts. The eight items considered irrelevant were changed according to suggestions of the experts, yielding an overall content validity index of 0.98. Conclusion: the study resulted