According to a poll published Thursday by Morning Consult and Axios, almost half of all healthcare workers felt defeated by the demands of their jobs during the Pandemic.
Medical workers hug outside NYU Langone Health hospital as people applaud.
Compared to the 49% of healthcare workers who said they felt defeated, 28% said they felt rejuvenated and 28% said they didn't know or had no opinion.
A majority of healthcare workers say they are very dedicated, but many say they are tired, passionate and anxious.
Almost half of the respondents said their mental health had gotten worse, with three in four of them saying their work has made them tired and three in five saying it made them feel anxious.
42% said receiving a raise from their employer had been effective at keeping them happy at their jobs, compared to 41% who said a one-time bonus was effective and 38% who said receiving more frequent praise was helpful.
In the last six months, a majority of respondents said they were able to cope with their jobs, compared to 30% who said they struggled to do so and 8% who weren't sure.
Morning Consult surveyed 1,000 healthcare workers.
A previous Morning Consult poll found that nearly 1 in 5 healthcare workers quit their jobs during the Pandemic and were considering leaving their jobs or the healthcare industry altogether. Pressure on hospitals has dropped since the winter when some states faced severe hospital staff shortages due to a rise in Covid-19 cases. The CDC cut the recommended isolation period for healthcare workers with Covid-19 from 10 days to seven days in December in order to prevent Covid-19 from sidelining doctors. As anti-vaccine misinformation spread over the last year, some health workers reported a rise in distrust and anger toward the medical community, a stark difference from the beginning of the Pandemic. More than one third of nurses who responded to a National Nurses United survey in September said they experienced violence in their workplace because of staffing shortages and fewer visitor restrictions.
The Washington Post reported last month that some nurses have been told to go into work days after testing positive for Covid-19, which the CDC says is acceptable during times of crisis.
The healthcare worker shortage fire has been caused by licensing agencies that are preventing new employees from entering the workforce. There are a lot of red tape, decreased budgets and low staffing at agencies that process licenses for nurses, psychological workers and other healthcare givers, according to NBC News.
A total of 9,523. The seven-day average of new daily Covid-19 hospital admissions nationwide was reported by the CDC. That is down from the previous week and a decrease from when new hospitalizations were at their peak.
13 states are facing the worst hospital worker shortages.
The 18 states are struggling with critical hospital worker shortages.
The CDC head defended the decision to shorten the Quarantine time.
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