Survivors’ Guilt in the Time of a Pandemic

On being a nurse on maternity leave during the first wave of Covid-19

Photo by Jenna Christina on Unsplash

I’ve been a registered nurse for 8 years, during which time, I’ve almost always given myself 150% to my work and patients — until I had a baby, that is. Being a nurse has been a large part of my self-definition since before I even qualified. About a year and a half ago, I had…