NurseFlow Clinical Reference Guides | Home Health Edition — Digital PDF
The NurseFlow Clinical Reference Guides give home health nurses fast, reliable answers in the field — the ranges, thresholds, staging criteria and escalation triggers you need mid-visit, without digging through a policy binder or a search engine.
36 pages. Every page verified against current national guidance in August 2026.
Most nursing reference sheets don't tell you where their numbers came from, or when they were last checked. This one does. Every value in this guide was verified against the CDC, AHA/ACC, AHA/ASA, ADA, KDIGO, GOLD, IDSA, SCCM, NPIAP, ISMP and FDA — and the final page lists every source, with what it supports and where to find it. If your clinical manager asks where a number came from, you can show them.
What's Inside
Disease Management
Urinary Tract Infection · Pneumonia · Sepsis Recognition · Atrial Fibrillation · Congestive Heart Failure · Chronic Kidney Disease · COPD · Hypertension · Dementia & Alzheimer's · Diabetes Management · Stroke (CVA / TIA)
Clinical Assessment
Wound Assessment · Vital Signs · Lab Monitoring · Lab Values & Critical Values
Clinical Reference
Pain Management · Emergency Red Flags & When to Call 911 · High-Alert Medications · Medication Management · Anticoagulant Therapy · Home Safety Assessment · Infection Control & PPE · Fall Prevention · Pressure Injury Prevention
Home Health Workflow
Start of Care · Resumption of Care · Recertification · Discharge · OASIS Assessment
Plus a complete Clinical References & Sources page citing every guideline behind the content. Medication Management and Home Safety are each included in two versions — use whichever fits your agency's workflow.
Reflects Current Guidance
Clinical guidelines change, and most reference sheets quietly fall behind. This edition reflects:
2025 AHA/ACC blood pressure guideline, including the < 130/80 treatment target
GOLD 2026 for COPD, including the updated exacerbation thresholds
ADA 2026 Standards of Care, including CGM and time in range
KDIGO 2024 chronic kidney disease staging
NPIAP pressure injury staging, including deep tissue pressure injury
IDSA guidance on asymptomatic bacteriuria
CDC infection control, PPE and opioid prescribing guidance
AHA/ASA tissue-based definition of TIA
Who It's For
Home health RNs and LPNs · nurses new to home health · experienced clinicians who want current numbers in one place · nurse case managers · nursing students entering home health
Format & Delivery
Digital PDF · US Letter, landscape · full color · designed to be readable on a phone or tablet in the car, or printed for a binder.
This is a digital download. No physical product will be shipped. Your file is available immediately after purchase.
Please Note
For educational and organizational purposes. This resource supports clinical judgment — it does not replace it, and it does not replace provider orders, your agency's policies, or current evidence-based guidelines. Reference ranges vary between laboratories; always use the range printed on the patient's own report. Licensed for personal use by the purchaser only.
This guide is licensed for personal use by the purchaser only. It may not be resold, redistributed, shared, or reproduced in any form without written permission from NurseFlow. Please don't share the file with colleagues — point them here instead.
You may print it for your own clinical practice.
Because this is a digital download delivered immediately, all sales are final. If your file doesn't download or won't open, email js@nurseflow.net and it will be sorted out.
This resource is intended for licensed healthcare professionals as an educational and organizational tool. It does not replace clinical judgment, provider orders, employer policies, agency protocols, or applicable laws and regulations.