Due to the outbreak of the corona pandemic, all qualified health and nursing staff were faced with a new, unprecedented exceptional situation.
With this work, I want to use the research question "What effects did the corona pandemic have on qualified health and nursing staff" to find out what changes have taken place since the beginning of 2020.
In order to get answers to the research question, an empirical study was carried out using personal interviews. The evaluation of the data was carried out by means of content analysis according to Mayring. The evaluated data showed that the pandemic brought about changes everywhere. The graduate health and nursing staff had to struggle the most with physical and mental stress. According to the results, wearing the protective masks and constantly putting on and taking off the protective clothing were strong physical challenges. The fear of infecting oneself and other family members with the virus, as well as not knowing how the pandemic will continue, gnawed at the psyche of the qualified nurses.