Covid Poems FINAL

Nursing in 2020
This is our time to show the world nurses worth,
The way we all work to help people on earth
It’s time to celebrate; nursing roles in their plenty,
But nursing has changed so much in 2020
A virus has come that changed all our lives,
It’s impacted the world since the time it arrived
It’s changed how we work and affected us all,
It has shown us no mercy from the old to the small
We’ve been stretched to our limits in a number of ways,
And 24 hours seems like weeks not a day
We have carried on working though the ways they have changed,
New roles, hours and settings, our lives rearranged
Core business remains, we never say never,
health care is now more important than ever
We rely on our colleagues, pull together at work,
Substantive, bank and agency none of us shirk
Student nurses have joined us in placements extended,
To add to a workforce that’s become much more blended
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