Table 2.

Coding framework.

Moral event	Paid healthcare work	Unpaid care work	Resistance
Constraint	- Staffing shortages	- Unable to ensure children’s education and wellbeing	- Union organizing
	- Unable to ensure safety due to lack of access to PP	- Lack of care infrastructure	- Advocating for PPE supply
Conflict	- Unable to advocate because of distanced decision-making	- Lack of flexibility at work	- Supporting childcare campaigns
Dilemma	- COVID-19 protocols impact on care	- Between unpaid care responsibilities versus COVID-19 risk	- Counseling
Uncertainty	- Lack of and constantly changing information	—	- Professional pride