Abstract
This article explores the author's observations as a qualified district nurse and senior lecturer in pre-registration nurse education. Perceived 'troubling' reflections suggest pre-registration nurse education appears very hospital focussed. Additionally, the role of the district nurse has become synonymous with the term 'community nurse', hiding the historical specialism it represents. Media representations of the term 'frontline' was particularly noted in relation to COVID-19, suggesting a heroism of nursing that only happened in hospital. More discussion will take place around how nursing is viewed within education by students, such as what we do to patients (catheterisation, blood sugars etc) rather than how we can work with them. All these areas appear to strengthen lingering historical myths around district nursing and student perceptions of this specialist profession.
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