Resources
Practical guidance on how home nursing is organised, written by the nurses of the practice. None of these pages replaces medical advice.
Topics
Chronic wounds at home: what the nurse does, week by week
A wound that has not healed after six weeks becomes a chronic wound. Here is what home care actually involves: assessment, protocol, monitoring, warning signs and the exact role of everyone involved.
Written by Thomas Berthier · · 2 min read
Insulin-treated diabetes: what a nursing visit changes
Injection, blood glucose, feet, hypoglycaemia alerts: the exact role of the home nurse for a person on insulin, and what stays in the hands of the patient and the doctor.
Written by Léa Marchand · · 2 min read
Home infusion and IV antibiotics: what actually happens
IV line, implanted port, pump, intravenous antibiotics: what home infusion really involves, what is monitored, what should raise the alarm and who steps in when something goes wrong.
Written by Thomas Berthier · · 1 min read
Hospital discharge: arranging the nursing handover at home
What the practice asks for, what it guarantees and within what deadlines, so a hospital discharge becomes home care with no gap: the call, the documents, the first visit, the supplies, the written report.
Written by Léa Marchand · · 2 min read
Home blood draws: what really decides whether a result is reliable
Between the needle and the laboratory analyser, a tube goes through a critical hour. Here is how the practice organises timing, patient identification, transport and result handling with local laboratories.
Written by Thomas Berthier · · 2 min read
Pressure sores and falls: the two risks that unfold between visits
Both complications build up outside our visits, in the hours when nobody is there. What relatives can watch for, and when to call us.
Written by Léa Marchand · · 2 min read
Locum work at the practice: the round, tools, contract, terms
What a locum nurse should know before committing: the real volume of the round, available protocols, supplies, fee split, professional formalities and how handover works.
Written by Léa Marchand · · 1 min read
Vaccination at home: what a nurse can do
Since vaccination competencies were widened, nurses may administer several vaccines without a prior prescription. What that means in practice when leaving home is difficult.
Written by Léa Marchand · · 2 min read
How the practice is organised: protocols, hygiene, traceability
The round, written protocols, hygiene, supplies, waste, data and continuity: the practice's internal mechanics, described for those who want to know before entrusting a patient.
Written by Léa Marchand · · 2 min read
The nursing care assessment: what actually happens at home
For a dependent person, home nursing is funded by needs covered rather than by individual acts. Here is how the assessment is carried out, what it changes for you, and what it does not.
Written by Thomas Berthier · · 2 min read
Referring a patient: how the practice works with doctors
Response times, handover format, alert criteria, holiday continuity, traceability: what a doctor gets when referring a patient to us, written down.
Written by Thomas Berthier · · 2 min read
How home nursing works in France
Who prescribes, who treats, who pays, who coordinates: the full chain between patient, doctor, nursing practice, health insurance, laboratory and hospital, explained without jargon.
Written by Thomas Berthier · · 2 min read
How we work with your GP
Who decides what, what we report, and when we pick up the phone — coordination seen from the inside.
Written by Thomas Berthier · · 2 min read
Home nursing care: what French health insurance covers
Prescription, sector 1, direct billing, top-up cover: the billing route explained plainly, without coding jargon.
Written by Léa Marchand · · 2 min read
Insulin, dressings, syringes: where and how to store them
The storage mistakes we see most often in homes, and how to avoid them without turning the kitchen into a pharmacy.
Written by Thomas Berthier · · 2 min read
Preparing the home before leaving hospital
What is best sorted the day before discharge so the first nursing visit is spent on care, not on hunting for supplies.
Written by Léa Marchand · · 2 min read