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Objective: To evaluate the literature evidence on nursing care for preventing falls among the elderly. Method:Integrative review of studies published between 2005 and 2015 available in the LILACS, PubMed and CINAHL databases. The search was carried out in English, Portuguese and Spanish and combined the following descriptors: elderly, accidents from falls and nursing care .Results: Ten studies were selected. The thematic analysis resulted in three categories: health education as strategy for preventing falls in the elderly, identification of risk factors for the occurrence of falls in the elderly as preventive strategy and use of care technologies for preventing falls in the elderly. Conclusion:More participation of nursing in the production of research directed to this theme is suggested, particularly the development of intervention studies that may reveal the care to be provided in the different care scenarios for the health of the elderly.

Objective: to analyze the profile of the Undergraduates from the Nursing's course of a higher education institution. Methods: a descriptive, cross-sectional study, conducted with 104 undergraduate students of the Federal University of Piauí, qualified between 2009 and 2011. The data were collected from January to March 2014, using a questionnaire. Results: it was found that most undergraduate students are young, female, single, childless and with an average monthly income of R $ 3,409.80. Most sought professional development through postgraduate courses. As for professional practice, most worked in healthcare (77.2%), mainly in the hospital (46.4%). The practice of nursing care systematization was reported by 65.8% of the respondents, but they did not meet all the steps. Conclusion: the studies with undergraduates should be done periodically to allow reflections, changes, and/or improvements in the curriculum and in the teaching-learning process of undergraduate of nursing courses in the whole country.

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