Emotion as a resource rather than a weakness

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The emotional impact of experience is an asset for nurses in gynaecology units

Bernadette McCreight, a lecturer in the School of Sociology and Applied Social Studies at the University of Ulster, argues that emotion should be seen as a resource rather than a weakness or deficit for nurses in gynaecology units (McCreight 2005).

She undertook qualitative research of the experiences of miscarriage and stillbirth among parents who attended pregnancy loss self-help groups. To assess the care...