Introduction: Covid-19 is a viral disease caused by SARS-CoV-2. In March 2020, it was credited with the outbreak of a declared global pandemic. Because protected measures alone cannot prevent the spread of the disease, it is important to vaccinate the population to achieve collective immunity. Covid-19 affects all visible public and private lives. Above all, the good one intervened in the health care system and posed a great challenge. Worldwide, the rapid growth of covid-19-infected damage due to loss of life expectancy and human suffering. Telemedicine has become an essential entry point in the process of diagnosis, triage and treatment. Purpose: The purpose of the thesis was to discover the impact of the covid-19 pandemic on healthcare professionals. The aim of this thesis is to define the impact of the covid-19 pandemic on the mental health of healthcare professionals and to define the impact of covid-19 on the work of healthcare professionals. Methods: In the diploma work, a descriptive method of work was used with a review of domestic and foreign literature from the selected field. Professional and scientific members were used for the review. The literature search was performed in the search engines PubMed, Medline, Cinahl with the full text and COBIB.si. The search was conducted from August to September 2021. The search was conducted from August to September 2021. The criteria used in the search were age of literature (up to 5 years), keyword matching, review or original scientific and professional articles. Results: Covid-19 has a major impact on the mental health of healthcare professionals and has the greatest impact on nursing providers. They have problems with insomnia, anxiety, they are afraid of infecting themselves and family members, suffering from burnout, anxiety and post-traumatic stress. Those working directly with covid-19 patients have reported higher rates before the listed symptoms. Predictors of emotional exhaustion and depersonalization are female gender, hospital nurse work, contact with covid-19 patients. Early assessments and preventive measures to improve mental health are important for the protection of health professionals. Covid-19 also affects the work of healthcare professionals. It is necessary to regulate working conditions - enough time for holidays, rest rooms, snacks and time for relaxation, as well as management communication with employees and interpersonal support. Covid-19 offers a unique learning opportunity for the entire healthcare sector. Discussion and conclusion: Healthcare professionals are experiencing mental health problems and need help coping with the covid-19 pandemic. In addition to education on working with covid-19 patients in Slovenia, we can further emphasize that working conditions and measures to improve the mental health of health care workers are improving, what will be the consequences of covid-19 for health care workers if they are no longer available. At present, it is necessary to protect health professionals so that they are not exposed to violence and have the option of accommodation that is not in the workplace. A few changes have been introduced, the room for improvement is huge.
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