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WELCOME TO SISTER BIRSTY’S COVID JOURNEY

Diary of a frontline worker. 

Welcome to Sister Birsty’s Covid Journey, an insight into the mind of an NHS worker facing the Coronavirus.  Sister Birsty’s Covid Journey is a way for me to document my experiences and process my emotions. All views are my own. 

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18th April 2020

Success is a temptress leaving you undressed when you thought you were blessed. Is it all a sick test? This balancing perilously close to...

15th April 2020

I had a good day yesterday – spent the whole time on the ward without nipping off for any training which gave me a chance to experience...

13th April 2020

I spoke in my last blog about Tarot and how it started a chain of events which still seems to be unfolding. I sometimes wonder about the...

12th April 2020

Happy Eostre!! 🐣 Probably the weirdest Easter Holidays any of us will ever experience, celebrating the spring we are forbidden from...

10th April 2020

What. A. Week. Nursing is a bit like childbirth I reckon – although you remember the physical effort and pain, the realism of it fades....

6th April 2020

One more sleep. One more night. One more warrior for the fight. This day has been looming, since my professional grooming for a role...

4th April 2020

I can’t believe it’s been four days since I last posted!!! It has been a tornado of a week - it’s amazing how much can change in a small...

30th-31st March 2020

So we still haven’t heard back about the funding –‘ they’ chucked another hoop for us to jump through yesterday, so frustrating. This is...

29th March 2020

I can feel myself getting stressed again the last few days, such a weird feeling – kind of like you’re imploding, everything is tense,...

28th March 2020

The PPE debate is still raging. I woke up to a message from my Mum this morning saying her order for masks had been cancelled, when she...

27th March 2020

I confirmed my start date today. We’ve been waiting to hear back about funding for our ‘Sitting Rooms of Culture’ project, after a really...

26th March 2020

Such a wonderful evening. Tonight was #clapforcarers. I have to be honest, when I saw the post going viral over the last week I wasn’t...

25th March 2020

Dan and I had a chat last night about what we should do about me going back to work and the risk I may put him and Jude in. Although I’ve...

24th March 2020

Yesterday the panic set in. For the last couple of weeks since this all properly kicked off, I’ve been happily distracting myself from...

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I have recently left my role as an A&E nurse due to work related stress and depression. After spending the last 6 months recovering and undertaking various therapies, I now feel strong enough to return. I am an advocate for improved mental health services for NHS staff and I hope my experience will help me to cope with nursing during Covid-19. This blog will document my journey into a new role as Clinical Sister, in a new Trust, facing a new Virus.

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