Burnout Among the Health Workers Amidst Covid-19 Pandemic

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Burnout Among the Health Workers in Covid-19 Pandemic
The article by Lasalvia et al. (2021) indicates that the current coronavirus pandemic has prompted an upsurge of activities in the health sector. The health workers are the direct victims of this state of affairs because they have the social, professional, and ethical obligation to serve the communities. However, it is easy to focus much on the infection statistics and trends while ignoring the welfare of the health workers. Lasalvia et al. (2021) assess the psychological consequences of the strain methodologically. The authors drew the participants from the Verona University Hospital located in one of the most hit regions and, thus, heavily burdened. Therefore, the facility can serve as a prototype of the general condition of the health workers in the pandemic.
Burn-out is expected in the event of a significant imbalance between work environment demands and a person’s available resources. The Maslach Burnout Inventory-General Survey (MBI-GS), containing 16 elements; 5 under emotional exhaustion, five under cynicism, and six under professional efficacy, assessed the condition. The study was completed by 1961 participants, with 38.3% registering emotional exhaustion symptoms, 46.5% registering low professional effectiveness, and 26.5% displaying high cynicism symptoms (Lasalvia et al., 2021). Exhaustion outcome was frequent in workers with a history of psychological treatment, those with a Covid-linked stressful experience at work, and among those who had to relocate or change their lifestyles (Lasalvia et al., 2021). The analysis of the collected data shows an increase in burnout symptoms among the frontline health workers amid the pandemic. Such results can be reliably attributed to the rise in workload posed by the Covid-19 pandemic. The findings confirm the previous studies on other breakouts, such as the SARS. Nurses and residents are particularly the most affected.
The report recommends proper scheduling to minimize the burnout risks. Moreover, the facilities avail equipment to mitigate fear. Lastly, social interaction and mutual support should be encouraged among the health workers to alleviate the effect of stigmatization. The strength of the study lies in its large sample size. On the other hand, it is limited by failure to incorporate personality traits and other contextual variables, failure to determine causal relationships due to the study’s cross-sectional nature, and the generalization of the analysis to other nations (Lasalvia et al., 2021). Experts should adopt the report’s findings to promote regard for the mental well-being of health workers.
Effect of Staffing Patterns on Medical Errors and Burnouts
The article by Garret (2008) reveals that nurse staffing patterns directly influence the effectiveness of the health facilities. According to the author, higher staffing levels translate to better patient outcomes. On the flip side, far-reaching consequences are registered when facilities fail to properly staff. The inconvenience can be attributed to unfortunate events such as downsized reimburse...