This department trains professionals to deliver safe, competent, and accountable nursing care in patients’ homes. We focus on practical skills, clinical judgement, and systems that reduce risk and improve patient outcomes — not sentimental platitudes. Home nursing is high-stakes work: clinicians must be clinically competent, observant, decisive, and legally literate. Our aim is to prepare people who do the job properly, every time.

Mission and outlook

Enable health services, agencies, and individual practitioners to provide competent, evidence-based nursing care outside hospital walls. We prioritise measurable patient safety, continuity of care, and operational reliability. Home nursing isn’t a lighter version of hospital work — it’s different work that demands autonomy, sound judgement, infection control in uncontrolled environments, and the ability to coordinate across multiple care actors.

Who this is for

• Registered nurses and nurse practitioners transitioning to home care.

• Licensed practical nurses and certified nursing assistants seeking accredited upskilling.

• Homecare agencies and private providers building or improving services.

• Hospital discharge planners and case managers who coordinate post-acute care.

• Family caregivers requiring structured, practical training (basic modules).

Programmes & qualification pathways

• Certificate in Home Nursing Practice — core competencies for safe home care delivery.

• Advanced Diploma in Clinical Home Care — medication administration, wound care, complex chronic disease management, palliative home care.

• Short Courses / CPD Modules — infection control at home, IV therapy basics, ostomy care, enteral feeding, mobility & transfer techniques, safe medication management, documentation & legal requirements.

• Agency Workshops — building care pathways, triage protocols, emergency escalation, telehealth integration.

• Custom Corporate Training — for hospitals, insurers, and private providers designing home-care services.

Core curriculum (representative)

The curriculum emphasises clinical competence plus systems and safety:

• Clinical assessment in the home environment (vitals, skin, functional assessment)

• Medication administration and management (oral, topical, injectable where authorised)

• Wound management and dressing techniques for outpatient settings

• Catheter, ostomy and enteral feeding care basics

• Mobility, safe handling and fall-prevention strategies in constrained spaces

• Infection prevention & control adapted for home environments (PPE, environmental cleaning, family education)

• Chronic disease management at home: CHF, COPD, diabetes, post-stroke care

• Palliative care and end-of-life support at home (symptom control, family communication)

• Emergency recognition and escalation (when to call ambulance, how to stabilise)

• Documentation, handover and continuity (accurate records, care plans, multidisciplinary coordination)

• Legal, ethical & professional standards (consent, capacity, patient rights, scope of practice)

• Telehealth and remote monitoring — practical use and limits in home nursing

• Safety & risk management (lone worker safety, infection outbreaks, medication errors)

Electives address specialised needs: neonatal home visits, post-operative home care, and geriatric syndromes.

Teaching approach and assessment

Teaching is competency-based. Theory is concise and practical; emphasis is on repeated supervised practice until competence is demonstrated. Methods include demonstrations, simulation-based training (realistic home setups), observed home visits, video review, and objective structured clinical examinations (OSCEs) adapted to home-care scenarios. Assessment is performance-oriented: skills checklists, supervised practical hours, case-based viva, and a summative competency sign-off. We do not pass students who cannot perform safely in simulated or live settings.

Practical training & field placements

Clinical exposure is mandatory. Students complete supervised placements with accredited homecare providers or hospital discharge teams. Placements include solo visits under remote supervision, joint visits with experienced nurses, and structured debriefs. We require clear escalation pathways during placements and maintain partnership agreements with providers to ensure patient safety and legal compliance.

Faculty and clinical coaches

Instructors are experienced clinicians: senior homecare nurses, nurse practitioners, geriatric specialists, palliative care nurses, and allied health professionals. Coaches must have verifiable homecare experience; academic credentials alone are insufficient. We expect trainers to demonstrate real-world casework and to maintain ongoing clinical practice.

Deliverables for organisations & learners

For organisations we supply:

• Standard operating procedures (SOPs) for common home-care tasks.

• Competency checklists and assessor rubrics.

• Patient-facing education leaflets and consent templates.

• Incident reporting templates and escalation matrices.

• Telehealth protocol and monitoring setup checklist.
  For learners we provide:

• Practical skills logbooks.

• Pocket clinical guides and job aids.

• Digital learning modules for refresher training.

Certification, licensing & scope

Certificates indicate demonstrated competencies; they do not replace professional licensure. For registered nurses, certification supplements existing credentials and documents home-care specific skills. For unlicensed caregivers, certificates indicate completion of a training pathway for delegated tasks only where legally permitted. We make clear the limits of practice, delegation rules, and the necessity to work under appropriate clinical governance.

KPIs & measurable outcomes

We set clear, clinical KPIs to judge program effectiveness:

• Patient safety indicators (medication errors, wound infection rates)

• Readmission and emergency re-attendance rates within 30 days of discharge

• Patient/caregiver satisfaction and understanding of care instructions

• Competency pass rates and time-to-competence for trainees

• Compliance with documentation and care-plan completion rates

• Reduction in adverse events attributable to home nursing tasks

We require agencies to track these KPIs in pilots and to use them to decide on wider rollouts.

Ethics, privacy & legal compliance

Home nursing involves private spaces and sensitive personal data. Training covers:

• Informed consent and capacity assessment for home interventions

• Privacy and confidentiality, including GDPR-compliant data handling for digital records and telehealth

• Mandatory reporting obligations and professional boundaries

• Cultural competence and respect for household norms while maintaining professional standards

We advise organisations to align protocols with local French health regulations and to consult legal counsel for employment, liability and delegation frameworks.

Risk management & blunt realities

Home nursing carries specific risks. We prepare trainees to recognise and manage them:

• Uncontrolled environments — variable cleanliness, limited equipment, family dynamics that impede care. Training includes mitigation tactics and when to refuse or defer care.

• Lone worker safety — procedures for check-ins, emergency alerts, and supervisor availability.

• Scope creep and unsafe delegation — rigorous rules on what may be delegated to non-licensed staff; documentation and supervision requirements.

• Clinical escalation failures — clear criteria for emergency transfer to higher-level care.

• Infection transmission — controlling cross-contamination in multi-patient households.
  We insist on staged rollouts, supervision, and measurable pilots before scaling.

Partnerships & system integration

We work with hospitals, primary care networks, social services, and private homecare providers to build coordinated pathways: discharge-to-home programs, shared electronic care records, and rapid-response teams for deteriorating patients. Integration is tested in live pilots with tracked outcomes.

Admissions & candidate profile (summary)

• Registered nurse tracks: active nursing licence, proof of clinical experience, up-to-date vaccinations, background check, basic life support (BLS) certification.

• Practical caregiver tracks: minimum education level, background check, employment references; scope of certification limited to permitted tasks.
  Selection favours candidates who show clinical judgement, independence, and strong communication skills.

Quality assurance & continuous improvement

The program includes continuous monitoring: placement audits, trainer calibration, employer feedback, and post-certification follow-ups at 3 and 6 months. Curriculum is revised based on incident reports, regulatory changes, and measured outcomes from partner pilots.

Pricing & engagement models (summary)

• Public accredited courses: per-seat pricing with competency assessment fees.

• In-house programmes for providers: flat design + delivery + supervised placement packages.

• Consultancy for service setup: fixed-fee assessment, SOP development, staff training, and pilot evaluation.

• Ongoing QA retainer: periodic audits, refresher training, and incident review support.

Why this department is different

We focus on practical competence, risk reduction, and clinical governance. We do not train people into roles they are not legally or clinically prepared for. Certificates reflect documented ability to perform specified home nursing tasks safely. If your organisation wants polished marketing about “comfortable care at home,” tone that down; if you want safe, auditable, clinically defensible home nursing services, this is the programme you need.