Table 3 Key areas of frontline healthcare professionals’ experiences of balancing work life and family life during the COVID-19 pandemic
Readiness for change | Frontline healthcare professionals treating and caring for patients with COVID-19 are, voluntarily or involuntarily, forced to be ready to change departments as well as being ready to face the unknown coronavirus. |
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A sense of being abandoned among family | The frontline work leads to feelings of being abandoned among their families and friends due to the threat of bringing the infection home and spreading the virus. |
Opposing feelings about being a part of something bigger | Although healthcare professionals are facing a working life filled with uncertainty and unpredictability impacting their family life, they express opposing feelings of being a part of something bigger. |