ABSTRACTAimTo assess the knowledge, attitudes and engagement of nursing interns regarding fall prevention activities during their internship within hospital settings.DesignThis study used a cross‐sectional design.MethodsThis was a cross‐sectional, descriptive, correlational study. A convenience sample of 187 nursing interns was recruited from three hospitals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. A questionnaire was administered to the participants to collect data on their demographics, knowledge, attitudes and engagement in fall prevention. The collected data were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics.ResultsThe participants exhibited insufficient knowledge, relatively negative attitudes and acceptable fall prevention engagement. There was a low‐to‐moderate positive association only between attitude and fall prevention engagement. Moreover, hierarchical multiple regression analysis showed that attitude was the only predictor for fall prevention engagement.ConclusionFall prevention is an important subject that needs more attention from nursing programmes in universities and preceptorship programmes in hospitals to enhance nursing interns' attitudes, knowledge and practices in thi
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