he larger study from which this article is drawn comprised an ethnography of community nursing practice in two areas of England and a survey of community nurses in the same localities. In this article, we report findings from the ethnography. Ethnography demands that the researcher becomes involved in the daily activities of the particular group under study (in this case, community nurses). The researcher then records, according to specified research objectives, aspects of the group’s work and experiences in a detailed way, before making analytical interpretations that allow consideration of the broader implications