Introduction:

Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death and disability worldwide. Nurses, in their practice and with their work, should contribute to the well-being, monitoring and control of people who experience cardiovascular diseases, but from interventions oriented to the phenomena of the discipline, such as adaptation or self-care. To achieve its purpose, it must have tools validated and oriented to these phenomena.

Objective:

To describe the nursing instruments validated for the evaluation of phenomena characteristic of the discipline in people experiencing cardiovascular diseases.

Methods:

Comprehensive literature review. A search of primary articles was carried out during the months from April to September 2017 in Lilacs/BIREME, EBSCO, Pubmed/MEDLINE, and Science Direct, using the terms enfermería [nursing], cardiovascular [cardiovascular], instrumento [instrument], escala [scale] or herramienta [tool], in Spanish, English and Portuguese, and published between 2000 and 2016. A database was built with information about the included studies, which was integrated narratively.

Conclusions:

14 validated nursing instruments were identified that allow to assess the phenomena of self-care, adherence to treatments and quality of life. Content and construct validation techniques and reliability measurement were used. The instruments identified favor the daily practice of nursing professionals, and contribute to the assessment of phenomena that can be intervened independently by the nurse in order to respond to the specific needs of people with cardiovascular diseases.

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