Abstract
Emotion, of one kind or another, is a ubiquitous accompaniment to illness, and one of the most widespread and enduring of all the attributes nurses will observe in their patients. The term ‘emotion’ has both a popular and a technical meaning. Popular usage ties emotion to an experiential response occurring when an individual encounters circumstances in the psychosocial environment requiring extremes of adaptation. The essence of emotion, however, is experiential; emotions are intense sensations within the individual, certainly coupled with attitudes, beliefs and perceptions regarding the surrounding environment and those in it. Above all, emotion is a state of felt sensation, the quality of which varies with the nature of the environmental precipitant.
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Byrne, A., Byrne, D. (1992). Emotions and the Helping Relationship. In: Psychology for Nurses. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13113-6_5
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