Untangling Difficult Emotions on the Job

Olga Lainidi; Anthony Montgomery; Bridie Kent; Kate Tantam

doi:10.1016/B978-0-323-88053-4.00006-8

Untangling Difficult Emotions on the Job

Olga Lainidi, Anthony Montgomery, Bridie Kent, Kate Tantam

Northumbria University

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Abstract

Being a nurse or midwife involves significant emotional demands that can increase during difficult times (e.g., a pandemic). People experience very different emotions after the same events, despite choosing the same course of action. The need to always be “on the job” can significantly increase stress for nurses and midwives, which is known as emotional labour. Nurses and midwives are sometimes forced to make undesirable decisions to achieve the best care possible based on the available resources for their patients, which can result in moral injury. Employee silence in health care challenges the role of nurses and midwives as patient advocates

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Health and Wellbeing at Work for Nurses and Midwives
Editors	Holly Blake, Gemma Stacey
Publisher	Elsevier
Chapter	6
Pages	37-42
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9780323880534
ISBN (Print)	9780323881722
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-88053-4.00006-8
Publication status	Published - 23 Nov 2023

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