Goal: To identify the care practices performed by the nurse to the elderly in the emergency services.Method: Integrative review carried out in the CAPES database, selecting publications in English, Portuguese and Spanish from January 2011 to September 2018. The descriptors used were: Emergency Nursing. Geriatric Nursing. Health Services for the Aged. Elderly. Nursing Care.Results: Fifteen articles were analyzed in English, being the majority of the qualitative approach (55.2%). Australia stands out as the country with the highest number of publications (30.2%). Conclusion:The care practices performed by nurses are aimed at identifying their main problems in relation to the care of the elderly, adaptation and planning of their work routine. Another strategy has been the implementation of specific evaluation instruments for the elderly patient and the involvement of the family in all stages of care.

This research aimed to reflect on falls in the elderly, comparing sociodemographic, clinical, health and functional variables among the elderly who had falls; checking the factors associated with falls in the elderly. A qualitative, descriptive study of the type of study of methodological reflection. It can be noticed that the highest proportion among the elderly who had fall was the female; with 80 years or more according to the studies analyzed; who had two or more morbidities and used five or more drugs. Falls were associated with females; aged 80 years or older and who had two or more morbidities. The study reinforces the need for investment in health promotion and morbidity prevention, considering that, among the predictors of falls, only the presence of comorbidities is amenable to intervention of the health professional. As well as growth for the health sciences.