Abstract
Covid-19 with a very fast transmission rate and requires serious treatment from medical personnel, especially nurses in hospitals, which results in long-term psychological disorders. This research analyzes the psychological workload of nurses for Covid-19 patients at Polewali Mandar District Hospital. This research is qualitative research with a case study approach in which data is collected using the NASA-TLX questionnaire through interviews. The sample in this study was nurses for Covid-19 patients at the Polewali Mandar District Hospital by purposive sampling, totaling 45 people. The data were analyzed using descriptive analysis to analyze the psychological workload of nurses for Covid-19 patients through WWL calculations. The calculation of the NASA-TLX score, overall the nurses of Covid-19 patients at Polewali Mandar Hospital was in the category with a moderate level of psychological workload with an average WWL (weighted workload) of 63.32. Based on the graph, the six elements in the final score that affect the NASA-TLX calculation are Mental Demand (MD) with an average score of 239, and Temporal Demand (TD) with an average score of 164. It is concluded that psychological workload plays an important role in a very large role in carrying out work, especially for Covid-19 nurses at Polewali Hospital.
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