# Community nursing

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Nursing care delivered outside hospitals

**Community nursing** is [nursing care](/source/Nursing_care) delivered outside [acute hospitals](/source/Acute_(medicine)#Acute_care), for example in the home, within [General Practice](/source/General_Practice) facilities, in [community hospitals](/source/Community_hospital), in [police custody](/source/Arrest), at a school or in a [care home](/source/Nursing_home). In the UK, a community nurse needs a degree approved by the [Nursing and Midwifery Council](/source/Nursing_and_Midwifery_Council), as well as 1–2 years' experience as a qualified Adult Nurse.[1]

The job functions covered include:

- [Ambulatory care nursing](/source/Ambulatory_care_nursing)

- [Assisted living](/source/Assisted_living)

- [Faith community nursing](/source/Faith_community_nursing)

- [Flight nurse](/source/Flight_nurse)

- [Gerontological nursing](/source/Gerontological_nursing)

- [Home care](/source/Home_care)

- Home health nursing

- [Hospital-at-home](/source/Hospital-at-home)

- Care Home Nurse

- Community Children's Nurse

- [Community Mental Health Nurse (CMHN)](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Community_Mental_Health_Nurse_(CMHN)&action=edit&redlink=1)

- Community Learning Disability Nurse

- Community Midwife

- [Correctional Nursing](/source/Correctional_nursing)

- [District Nurse](/source/District_Nurse) (DN)

- General Practice Nurse (GPN)

- [Health Visitor](/source/Health_Visitor) (HV)

- Homeless Outreach Nurse

- Nurses working in unscheduled care, e.g. working with [paramedics](/source/Paramedics)

- [Occupational Health Nurse](/source/Occupational_Health_Nurse)

- [Palliative Care Nurse](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Palliative_Care_Nurse&action=edit&redlink=1)

- [Public Health Nurse](/source/Public_Health_Nurse)

- [Military nurse](/source/Military_nurse)

- [Nurse-Family Partnership](/source/Nurse-Family_Partnership)

- [Private duty nursing](/source/Private_duty_nursing)

- [School nursing](/source/School_nursing)

- [Telenursing](/source/Telenursing)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Community Nursing Jobs"](https://www.yourworldhealthcare.com/uk/professions/community-nursing). *Your World Healthcare*. Retrieved 27 August 2020.

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