The COVID-19 pandemic has had a tremendous impact on healthcare workers in terms of stress and burnout. Healthcare workers are on the frontline when it comes to responding to the virus, which means they have to deal with difficult cases, long hours and overwhelming workloads on a daily basis. The additional pressures caused by the pandemic have pushed many healthcare workers beyond their limits, leading to increased levels of stress and burnout.

One of the primary sources of stress and burnout for healthcare workers is the sheer amount of work that must be done during this crisis period. With more patients than ever needing medical attention due to COVID-19, healthcare systems around the world are running at full capacity in order to keep up with demand. This creates an incredibly demanding work environment for those on the frontlines – nurses, doctors, paramedics etc., who are often required to work longer hours with fewer resources in order to meet increasing demands from their supervisors and hospitals as well as provide excellent care for each patient they encounter. This can lead to physical exhaustion from working extra shifts or staying late into the night caring for patients; emotional exhaustion from having too much responsibility without adequate time or resources; or professional strain related both to excessive obligations or being overworked while feeling undervalued by management or administration. All these factors combineto create an extremely stressful situation that can easily lead tooverwhelming fatigue (burnout).