About

Bolus in brief

Bolus is the on-shift companion for registered nurses and midwives, currently in development. Sourced drug sheets, dose, infusion rate and BMI calculators, everyday clinical tools, offline mode: everything you need to secure a procedure in seconds, even in the middle of a rush. The tools are detailed on the dedicated page. The app is available in French and built on French drug references.

Why Bolus exists

It was born from a simple observation: the resources exist, but they aren't designed for a unit running at full speed. Here's why — and how — I decided to build it.

The field comes first

I'm Anna. I've been a registered nurse since 2017, and I worked for 6 years in various emergency departments. I've spent days and nights preparing injectable drugs under pressure, with nothing but my training and my reflexes to rely on.

How many times did I find myself stressed and full of doubt while preparing a drug in an emergency? Which diluent? What concentration? How fast should it run? Where are the unit protocols again? At the bottom of a forgotten drawer, the reference website that's out of date... and a patient who can't wait! Digital tools exist, but they simply aren't suited to the realities of the field.

The turning point

In 2024, I learned that my knees were in very bad shape. My career in emergency care was at risk — and with it, my dream of joining the SMUR, the French mobile emergency and intensive care service. I could have stopped there. I chose to reinvent myself. I chose to have a different impact on patients, by directly helping healthcare professionals. I chose to learn to code.

Learning to code

React, Node.js, MySQL, a Google certification in prompt engineering — I learned with one common thread: building something useful for the profession I know from the inside. Today, I'm coding an app so that nurses have these resources at their fingertips. It's not a career change. It's a trajectory.