Abstract
Objective: To describe, through scientific evidence, the nurse's assistance to elderly patients who are victims of falls. Methods: This is an integrative review of the literature, carried out in April to October 2017, developed in six stages according to Mendes, Silveira and Galvão, with national articles available in the index LILACS, SCIELO and MEDLINE. When crossing the three terms ("Elderly", "Trauma" and "Nursing"), 1068 publications were found, however only 50 were within the inclusion criteria and only five were selected to compose the analysis and categorization proposed in this study. Results: The analysis of the distribution of articles made it possible to group the data into two categories: Characteristics and assistance aspects of nursing care for traumatized elderly people and Rehabilitation and reintegration of traumatized elderly people. Conclusion: It was observed that nurses, from health education, can improve care and guidance with elderly patients falling victims.