Objective

. To propose a nursing care protocol to help prevent falls in the elderly during their hospital stay.

Materials and Methods

. Survey, interview and clinical history review techniques were applied in order to determine the risk factors that cause falls and the perception of the care received by the professional during the patient's hospital stay.

Results

. The review of clinical histories evidenced 10% of falls, the survey applied revealed 40% of extrinsic factors, 60% intrinsic factors present and latent in the hospital that cause the fall, to the interview to elderly patients manifest that due to the overload of activities and demand of patients the nursing professional does not assist with the health needs they require, they feel alone and abandoned.

Conclusions

. The results obtained from the research, were the way to raise a proposal, based on a theoretical model that supports and idealizes the nursing care process with its components, and then materialize in a protocol as a normative document based on the premise of quality care.