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Learning to assess the fall risk in clinical nursing education: an interpretative study

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datacite.subject.fosCiências Médicas::Ciências da Saúde
datacite.subject.sdg03:Saúde de Qualidade
datacite.subject.sdg17:Parcerias para a Implementação dos Objetivos
datacite.subject.sdg04:Educação de Qualidade
dc.contributor.authorPedrosa, Ana Rita
dc.contributor.authorDixe, Maria dos Anjos
dc.contributor.authorSousa, Luís
dc.contributor.authorFerreira, Rogério
dc.contributor.authorMarques-Vieira, Cristina
dc.contributor.authorMarques, Andréa
dc.contributor.authorLavareda Baixinho, Cristina
dc.date.accessioned2025-12-16T14:25:31Z
dc.date.available2025-12-16T14:25:31Z
dc.date.issued2025-11
dc.descriptionArticle number - 101241
dc.description.abstractBackground Falls are a complex problem for the health and quality of life of older persons. Risk assessment is important for identifying people at risk and planning preventive measures. Few studies have focused on how health professionals learn to assess this risk. Objective The aim of this study was to explore how nursing undergraduate students learn to assess fall risk in older adults/people during their hospital-based clinical practice. Methods This qualitative study was conducted within an interpretive paradigm. The focus group was selected as the method to address the research question: How do nursing students learn to assess of fall risk in the older population during clinical practice? The participants were students enrolled in a Bachelor of Nursing program. To support data organization and enhance analytic rigor, qualitative data analysis software (WebQDA®) was employed. Results Fifteen students participated in two focus groups. The analysis identified three main categories: (i) risk factors assessed; (ii) risk assessment; and (iii) learning to manage fall risk in clinical practice. Students reported that nursing supervisors primarily emphasized physical factors, mobility, and cognitive status. The findings also highlighted a gap between the assessment and the implementation of individualized interventions, as well as the difficulty in converting records into preventive actions and risk management. Conclusions Nursing students learn to assess fall risk primarily through observation of clinical practices and the influence of supervisors, although they do not always understand the instrumental basis or the correlation between risk and intervention. The results indicate the need to strengthen the training of professionals and students.eng
dc.description.sponsorshipThe present study was funded by the Center for Research, Innovation, and Development in Nursing, in Portugal, by means of grants provided to some of the authors (CIDNUR, Less#falls_2021).
dc.identifier.citationAna Rita Pedrosa, Maria dos Anjos Dixe, Luís Sousa, Rogério Ferreira, Cristina Marques-Vieira, Andréa Marques, Cristina Lavareda Baixinho, Learning to assess the fall risk in clinical nursing education: an interpretative study, International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing, Volume 59, 2025, 101241, ISSN 1878-1241, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijotn.2025.101241.
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.ijotn.2025.101241
dc.identifier.issn1878-1241
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/15081
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.relation.hasversionhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878124125000863
dc.relation.ispartofInternational Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectAccidental falls
dc.subjectFrailty syndrome
dc.subjectNursing students
dc.subjectOlder person
dc.subjectQualitative study
dc.subjectRisk assessment
dc.titleLearning to assess the fall risk in clinical nursing education: an interpretative studyeng
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.titleInternational Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing
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