Anyone else out there working in the private/charity sector as a nurse feeling guilty for not being at the coal face during covid?
Don’t get me wrong, I spent the first and second waves district nursing and saw some awful things (not everyone with covid was in hospital!) but had to leave to protect my mental health, now very happy in a job I love for a charity. Feel like I can be a “proper” nurse instead of firefighting all the time…
I suppose I feel guilty that I’ve left a lovely team going through horrible amounts of stress and pressure and I’m not helping.
I suppose I could do bank shifts, but again, need to protect my own mental health and I feel like going back would undo a lot of hard work.
Doesn’t stop that feeling of guilt though!