Konsekwencje długotrwałego zwiększonego obciążenia pracą u pielęgniarek w okresie panowania pandemii wywołanej przez SARS-CoV-2
Consequences of long-term increased workload of nurses during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

Summary/Abstract: Working in a nursing team during a pandemic is particularly stressful due to the riskof own illness and the transmission of the disease to loved ones. Due to the increased exposureto the coronavirus and performing additional activities related to the application of protectionagainst infection at the workplace, the professional tasks of nurses provided for by the standardare burdened with additional effort, not existing in a non-epidemic period. This study drawsattention to the health effects of psychophysical burdens felt by nurses of non-public healthcare facilities of the Capital City of Warsaw due to the increased labour intensity of professionalactivities during the COVID-19 pandemic. The analysis of the research material obtained by thediagnostic survey method showed that the long-term psychophysical workload in the pandemicresulted mainly in the intensification of health problems related to the proper functioning of thelocomotor system (spine and legs) and circulation (in the lower limbs). Authors also identifiedsome problems with the deterioration of mental resistance due to long-term stress and concernsabout one’s own and relatives’ health.

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