ABSTRACT

Roseline Sanni-Ajose outlines her experiences as a student nurse and an agency nurse who is determined to be treated fairly. She narrates how racism impacted her and her position as an agency nurse on the frontline during COVID-19. She reflects on having to deal with the trauma of death on a daily basis, trying to balance her mental health and the needs of her family. She outlines how the decision to expose Black nurses to danger straightforwardly manifested itself during the pandemic and what she did to challenge that. She outlines the avenues she has taken outside of the NHS since the Nursing Narratives Project to support Black people’s health through the media.