As the fifth wave of COVID-19 comes to an end and the pandemic's countermeasures expire,there is a need to assess the impact of the pandemic on health care providers, especiallymidwives, as the professionals deputed to promote and protect women's holistic health, inall phases, physiological and otherwise, of the life cycle. The midwife considers theperson as a whole, in which the mind-body-culture components interact profoundly.Prevention and containment measures have impacted on midwifery clinical and nursingpractices with the mandatory continuous use of personal protective equipments (PPE) andsocial distancing to protect the patient and the practitioner, effectively hindering theintimacy of the woman-midwife relationship. The impact assessment focuses on twodimensions: learning, investigated as perceived empowerment, and perceived malaise,investigated as burnout. Empowerment has a positive connotation, which can offsetburnout, a syndrome that affects the physical, psychological and emotional health ofmidwives and can have significant negative implications on midwife turnover, patientsafety and outcomes, and the efficiency of healthcare organisations.