Welcome to Home Health Chronicles aka HHChronicles.com

If you’re a home health nurse, you’ve probably realized that no two days are ever the same. One visit might be a simple medication check, while the next has you troubleshooting a wound vac, changing a PICC dressing, teaching IV antibiotics, or trying to figure out what kind of wound you’re looking at.

I’ve been there.

I created Home Health Chronicles because I wanted a place where home health nurses could find practical information written by someone who actually works in the field. Not just textbook definitions or generic nursing advice, but real-world tips that make your day a little easier.

Here you’ll find guides on:

• Wound care and dressing selection
• Home health nursing skills
• IV therapy and vascular access
• Start of Care (SOC) and OASIS documentation
• Home health charting tips
• Medical equipment and supplies
• Patient education
• Time-saving nursing resources
• Lessons I’ve learned along the way

Home health can be one of the most rewarding nursing specialties, but it also comes with unique challenges. You’re often working independently, making important clinical decisions, and adapting to whatever you walk into each day. Sometimes the referral doesn’t match what you find in the home, and you have to rely on your assessment skills and nursing judgment.

That’s what Home Health Chronicles is all about.

Whether you’re a brand-new home health nurse or you’ve been doing this for years, my goal is to create a resource that’s practical, easy to understand, and actually useful when you’re standing in a patient’s living room wondering, “Okay… what do I do now?”

Thanks for stopping by. I hope what I’ve learned can help make your home health journey a little easier.

See you on the next visit.

– Karlyn, RN