[Together against COVID-19, the nurses ensured continuity of care at home].

As close as possible to the population centres, the private nurses organised themselves to ensure continuity of care in the territories as soon as the COVID-19 epidemic broke out. Reorganising their activities to protect patients from contamination, they have also been able to pool their equipment to cope with the shortage. As a multi-professional team, they innovated in their practices, notably with teleconsultation, as evidenced by a professional practising in the Vienne department.

[Relevancy and efficacy of advanced nursing practice in private practice to promote smoking cessation].

Raising awareness of the harmful effects of smoking on health and supporting smokers who wish to quit are important public health challenges. The involvement of nurses in these specific healthcare actions targeting the motivation to change seems to be a promising approach as revealed by a study summarised in this article.