This study aims to determine the changing routines of nurses in maternal role due to COVID-19 outbreak. This is qualitative interview research and is based on the descriptions of the interviews with the participants. Interviews were recorded on the phone with nurses. It was semi-structured and used a snowball sample, and in-depth interviews were made. We determined three themes in this research. The themes are (1) Imperatives of the COVID-19 pandemic, (2) Theme: Concerns about infecting their children with COVID-19, (3) Theme: Impaired communication with children. Also, we determined in the themes; nurses express difficulty about child care, communication with children and concerns about infecting their children. Nurses and their children have been adversely affected by this process and have a feeling of inadequate parental roles.