Resources
Practical guidance on how home nursing is organised, written by the nurses of the practice. None of these pages replaces medical advice.

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Organising care
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 Rabah Slimani · · 3 min read
Cover and billing
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 Julie Martin · · 4 min read
Coordination
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 Julie Martin · · 3 min read
Organising care
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 Julie Martin · · 3 min read
Coordination
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 Julie Martin · · 4 min read
Cover and billing
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 Rabah Slimani · · 4 min read
Supplies and the home
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 Julie Martin · · 4 min read
Organising care
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 Rabah Slimani · · 5 min read
Official sources cited in these guides
Guides last updated on . Amounts and conditions change: the official source prevails.
- Reimbursement: what is covered, what you pay (official site, new tab)Assurance Maladie (ameli.fr)
- Nursing care assessment (BSI): the dedicated service (official site, new tab)Assurance Maladie (ameli.fr)
- Care pathways: questions and answers (official site, new tab)Haute Autorité de santé
- Professional obligations and practice organisation (official site, new tab)Ordre national des infirmiers
- Returning home after hospital (PRADO) (official site, new tab)Assurance Maladie (ameli.fr)
- Hygiene and infection prevention in community care (official site, new tab)Haute Autorité de santé






