Objective To investigate the different psychological experiences of community nurses in hospital and home care action.Methods A total of 800 nurses with five and more years work experience from community hospitals in Beijing were investigated with the method of self-designed questionnaire survey from January to June 2016. The data were analyzed with SPSS 22.0.Results Community nurses thought that they were more nervous when providing home care compared with hospital care. Moreover,the compliance degree of patients and their family members in home care was higher than that in hospital care. Nurses engaged in home care required better professional qualities than those engaged in hospital care. However,home care was with higher nursing risk.Conclusions Home care is with a complex environment and high risks. Community nurses should have very good psychological diathesis,communication skills and professional qualities. Departments at all levels can promote sound development of home care service by perfecting current legal system and related medical treatment system,changing workflow and adjusting psychological feeling of community nurses.