Moral emotions are a key element of our human morals. Emotions play an important role in the\ncaring process. Decision-making and assessment in emergency situations are complex and they frequently result in\ndifferent emotions and feelings among health-care professionals.\nMethods: The study had qualitative deductive design based on content analysis. Individual interviews and focus\ngroups were conducted with sixteen participants.\nResults: The emerging category â??emotions and feelings in caringâ? has been analysed according to Haidt,\nconsidering that moral emotions include the subcategories of â??Condemning emotionsâ?, â??Self-conscious emotionsâ?,\nâ??Suffering emotionsâ? and â??Praising emotionsâ?. Within these subcategories, we found that the feelings that nurses\nexperienced when ethical conflicts arose in emergency situations were related to caring and decisions associated\nwith it, even when they had experienced situations in which they believed they could have helped the patient\ndifferently, but the conditions at the time did not permit it and they felt that the ethical conflicts in clinical practice\ncreated a large degree of anxiety and moral stress. The nurses felt that caring, as seen from a nursing perspective,\nhas a sensitive dimension that goes beyond the patientâ??s own healing and, when this dimension is in conflict with\nthe environment, it has a dehumanising effect. Positive feelings and satisfaction are created when nurses feel that\ncare has met its objectives and that there has been an appropriate response to the needs.\nConclusions: Moral emotions can help nurses to recognise situations that allow them to promote changes in the\ncare of patients in extreme situations. They can also be the starting point for personal and professional growth and\nan evolution towards person-centred care.
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