Nursing process for elderly women susceptible to falls from the perspective of the Pender’s Model

Proceso de enfermería para ancianas susceptibles a caídas en la perspectiva del Modelo de Pender

ABSTRACT

Objectives:

to describe the strategy of applying the nursing process guided by Pender’s Health Promotion Model to elderly women susceptible to falls with a view to promoting a self-efficacy behavior for fall prevention.

Methods:

application of the nursing process to eleven elderly women who had already experienced falls, living in a neighborhood in the outskirts of Belem, state of Pará, which involved interviews to obtain their nursing history and group meetings using the focus group technique to develop the other phases of the nursing process: nursing diagnosis, nursing interventions, and nursing assessment.

Results:

despite the risk factors for falls, the intervention model adopted in this study allowed elderly women to enhance their self-efficacy.

Final Considerations:

the model proved to be suitable for the participation of elderly women in actions to build fall prevention behaviors, with a view to healthier lifestyles.

Descriptors:
Elderly; Accidental Falls; Nursing Process; Nursing Theory; Nurses