A Qualitative Study of Nursing Students’ Experiences in Fall Prevention for Older Home Care Clients

Table 1

The nursing students’ experiences for fall prevention during clinical practice in the context of older people home care.

Themes	Main categories	Subcategories
Evaluation of falls at older people’s home	Comprehensive physical examination	Acute medical illness
		Muscle weakness
		Mobility related to pain
	Systematic evaluation of falls	Knowledge of available assessment methods
		Low use of assessment tools
		Use of drugs
		Impaired balance
		Messy home
Fall prevention during home visits	Concrete fall prevention in authentic client situations	Observe home’s internal surroundings
		Observe home’s external surroundings
		Look after the use of safe shoes
		Take care of sufficient availability of personal aids
	Confidential relationship with older client at the multifaceted system	Reciprocal confidence
		Respect of autonomy
		Multiprofessional, but fragmented care
	Evidence-based knowledge	Comprehensive knowledge of related factors on fall prevention
		Low use of evidence-based knowledge