Managing the Medical Field: The Detrimental Impact COVID-19 Has Had on Healthcare Organizations and Physicians

Date

2022

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Publisher

Keyhole Press

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically affected the workload of healthcare workers which has in turn directly altered their mental wellbeing. COVID-19 has lead to additional job stressors for healthcare professionals such as fear of contagion, quarantine and proper PPE, and effectively treating and caring for those with the virus. As a result of these stressors, nurses and doctors face significant psychological and emotional distress which can lead to job burnout, playing a role not only on qualified staff for healthcare facilities but on the quality of care for patients as well. The consequences of the pandemic have caused staff shortages of healthcare professionals to skyrocket in the past two years. If effective solutions are not put in place to resolve feelings of job burnout and cater to the mental well-being of healthcare workers, the medical field will continue to suffer as a result.

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Recommended citation: Reeves, Caitlin. "Managing the Medical Field: The Detrimental Impact COVID-19 Has Had on Healthcare Organizations and Physicians." Royal Road, 2022. https://doi.org/10.48497/5302-S357

Keywords

COVID-19, Healthcare workers, Healthcare organizations, Mental health, Physicians, Doctors, Nurses

Citation

Reeves, Caitlin. "Managing the Medical Field: The Detrimental Impact COVID-19 Has Had on Healthcare Organizations and Physicians." Royal Road, 2022. https://doi.org/10.48497/5302-S357