The coronavirus pandemic had a negative impact not only on the life of an average person but also on the professional work and well-being of health care workers. More than 70 percent of Polish physicians and nurses seriously considered independent consultations with a psychologist in 2020, while nine percent of physicians and four percent of nurses intend to leave the medical profession and emigrate after the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Professional situation of doctors and nurses during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Poland in 2020
Characteristic
Share of respondents
Doctors and nurses who are seriously considering independent consultation with a psychologist
72%
Pandemic has not changed anything in nurses' professional lives
62%
Pandemic has not changed anything in doctors' professional lives
50%
Nurses who have not experienced any negative emotional effects
45%
Doctors who have not experienced negative emotional effects
43%
Epidemic condition and working with COVID-19 patients negatively affected the mental condition of nurses
38%
Epidemic condition and working with COVID-19 patients negatively affected the mental condition of doctors
35%
Nurses who have experienced hate speech
34%
Doctors who intend to reduce their professional activity
29%
Doctors who have experienced hate speech
27%
Nurses who intend to leave their current workplace
18%
Doctors who intend to leave their current workplace
13%
Doctors who intend to emigrate after the pandemic
9%
Nurses who intend to leave the profession completely after the pandemic
6.3%
Doctors who intend to leave the profession completely after the pandemic
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Forsal.pl. (October 22, 2020). Professional situation of doctors and nurses during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Poland in 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1184359/poland-situation-of-doctors-and-nurses-during-covid-19/
Forsal.pl. "Professional situation of doctors and nurses during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Poland in 2020." Chart. October 22, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1184359/poland-situation-of-doctors-and-nurses-during-covid-19/
Forsal.pl. (2020). Professional situation of doctors and nurses during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Poland in 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1184359/poland-situation-of-doctors-and-nurses-during-covid-19/
Forsal.pl. "Professional Situation of Doctors and Nurses during The Coronavirus (Covid-19) Pandemic in Poland in 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Oct 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1184359/poland-situation-of-doctors-and-nurses-during-covid-19/
Forsal.pl, Professional situation of doctors and nurses during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Poland in 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1184359/poland-situation-of-doctors-and-nurses-during-covid-19/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Professional situation of doctors and nurses during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Poland in 2020 [Graph], Forsal.pl, October 22, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1184359/poland-situation-of-doctors-and-nurses-during-covid-19/
