Difficulty of Nursing Care for the Elderly with a Femur Fracture

True courage is to go after your dreams even when everyone says it is impossible. (Cora Caroline) Fractures of the femoral neck in the elderly play an important role due to their high morbidity and mortality. In this understanding of the frailty of the elderly the importance of nursing care lies as a tool to gain their trust relieving their fears and anxiety by providing humanized and quality care. Thus aiming to analyze the nursing care for elderly patients affected by femur fracture performed by nurses of a reference hospital in traumatology in the city of João Pessoa / PB.