Community nursing is a crucial part of the UK’s healthcare system. In the future, the NHS wants more patients to be treated in the community and outside a traditional hospital setting, which will see community and district nurses playing an increasingly vital role. Here, Bridget Kearns, district nuring sister/advanced nurse practitioner (ANP), Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, looks at and dispels the many myths still surrounding community nursing, so as to encourage and attract more community nurses.