This document explores the impact of emotional burden on caregivers in a pneumology department, particularly when treating patients with personal connections.
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[...] The Professional Interest of Work - In what way can emotional burden impact the care of a close patient? Subject: The Professional Interest of Work Understanding the situation with Mrs. S. in the pneumology department is mainly about appreciating a stressful and emotionally charged situation for the caregiver in light of their friendly ties with the patient. The interest in this situation of appeal refers to my interest in the care relationship and interactions with all actors in the care relationship, from families to nurse colleagues and of course the healthcare framework. [...]
[...] To this end, carrying out a transfer process seems fundamental to linking one's experience during an internship with one's future professional activity. Johanne Gagnon et al. (2016) confirm this: "This exchange of knowledge is also necessary for it to be appropriated, and subsequently, used"2. It is for this reason that nursing practices constitute an essential component of the teaching-learning process in that they offer the possibility of developing knowledge that is acquired only through action and which focuses on nursing care for the person, as was the case with Mrs. [...]
[...] It is therefore within this perspective that my motivations to work on this theme are inscribed. In fact, my personal motivations to question this theme refer to the fact that, in the first place, it allows us to confront the adversity of the nurse's work, where care must take precedence over emotion. However, empathy and the search for resilience somehow require taking the maximum distance to tend towards the objectification of the nurse's profession or any profession related to medical care. [...]
[...] The case of the call situation shows this concretely. As I have been able to show, there are many reasons that can cause discomfort on the job. The solutions to promote the well-being and motivation of all healthcare professionals vary depending on the personal situations of each. This is why the improvement of the well-being of healthcare professionals, especially in an environment of disease treatment such as I was able to appreciate in the pneumology department, is an important factor to improve relations with patients, allow them to treat the disease more effectively and give healthcare professionals the opportunity to express their potential to the fullest. [...]
