Czech doctors’ views on the prestige and workload of nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60076658%3A12110%2F25%3A43910294" target="_blank" >RIV/60076658:12110/25:43910294 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://kont.zsf.jcu.cz/artkey/knt-202503-0004_czech-doctors-views-on-the-prestige-and-workload-of-nurses-during-the-covid-19-pandemic.php" target="_blank" >https://kont.zsf.jcu.cz/artkey/knt-202503-0004_czech-doctors-views-on-the-prestige-and-workload-of-nurses-during-the-covid-19-pandemic.php</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.32725/kont.2025.020" target="_blank" >10.32725/kont.2025.020</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Czech doctors’ views on the prestige and workload of nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic

Original language description

Introduction: To assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on nurses, we asked doctors how the pandemic affected the prestige of thenursing profession, what impact it had on nurses in their workplace, and how nurses are prepared for a possible future pandemic.Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional survey was conducted using a non-standardized questionnaire with 1,203 physicians. The sampleof physicians in the Czech Republic was representative regarding gender, age, and region.Results: According to doctors, the prestige of the nursing profession increased significantly during the pandemic from 6.65 +/– 1.99SD to 8.08 +/– 1.78 SD on a ten-point scale. An overall increased burden on nurses was reported by 89.1% of doctors, with an adverseeffect on social (71.8%), personal (65.9%), and family life (66.2%), but also on the physical (60.8%) and mental (68.6%) health of nurses.Nurses leaving the workplace were reported by 21.4% of doctors. According to the doctors, in the event of a future pandemic, nurses willbe a support for the patients (96.1%), the patients’s families (95.1%), and their own families (91.4%). Nurses will be able to acquire newcompetencies (89.6%) and cope with increased physical (92.2%) and emotional (89.7%) demands. Doctors, however, believe that nursesare less prepared to participate in the reprofiling of the operation of a healthcare facility (84.9%), create new teams (82.2%), train newcolleagues (88.4%), and take care of their own physical (84.8%) and mental (83.5%) health.Conclusion: The increased prestige of the nursing profession during the pandemic contrasts with the negative impacts on nurses’ healthand quality of life. Some of the riskiest areas in preparing for a future pandemic include nurses’ self-care – both mental and physical – andtheir support for fellow nurses, such as forming new teams, adapting workplaces, and training new colleagues.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30307 - Nursing

Project

<a href="/en/project/NU21-09-00300" target="_blank" >NU21-09-00300: Role of nurses and their protection during pandemic situations</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

KONTAKT-JOURNAL OF NURSING AND SOCIAL SCIENCES RELATED TO HEALTH AND ILLNESS

ISSN

1212-4117

e-ISSN

1804-7122

Volume of the periodical

27

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

7

Pages from-to

214-220

UT code for WoS article

001589184400004

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-105019302591