Community nursing

Community nursing is nursing care delivered outside acute hospitals, for example in the home, within General Practice facilities, in community hospitals,^{[definition needed]} in police custody, at a school or in a care home. In the UK, a community nurse needs a degree approved by the 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
• Assisted living
• Faith community nursing
• Flight nurse
• Gerontological nursing
• Home care
• Home health nursing
• Care Home Nurse
• Community Children's Nurse
• Community Mental Health Nurse (CMHN)
• Community Learning Disability Nurse
• Community Midwife

• Correctional Nursing
• District Nurse (DN)
• General Practice Nurse (GPN)
• Health Visitor (HV)
• Homeless Outreach Nurse
• Nurses working in unscheduled care, e.g. working with paramedics
• Occupational Health Nurse
• Palliative Care Nurse
• Public Health Nurse
• Military nurse
• Nurse-Family Partnership
• Private duty nursing
• School nursing
• Telenursing

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