Emotional Intelligence among Nursing students of Selected Collages of Pokhara.

Abstract

Background: Emotional Intelligence is an ability to mon- itor one’s own and other’s emotion. Nursing profession which requires high emotional intelligence is linked to positive outcomes. Academic achievement, better nursing leadership and practice, personal well-being and patient safety are related to higher Emotional Intelligence. It is therefore, crucial to assess the emotional intelligence of nursing students.The main objective of this study is to as- sess the emotional intelligence among nursing students.

Methodology: A cross-sectional study design was used to assess the emotional intelligence among nurs- ing students of Pokhara. After getting approval from Institutional review committee of Pokhara University- data was collected by self-administered structured ques- tionnaireand informed consent were taken from study participants. A standard tool, “The Schutte Self Re- port Emotional Intelligence Test (SSEIT)” was used.

Results: Majority of the participants were of age group 21- 25 years.The mean±SD of respondent’s age was 22.19±2.98. Majority 71.1% of nursing students had a high level of EI and 28.9% of the students had a moderate level of EI score. None of the respondents have low level of EI. EI was found to be significantly associated with the academic achievement. There was no association of total EI score with any of the selected demographic variables.The present study showed there was a significant association of EI domain: manage- ment of own emotions with types of family(P-value=0.020).

Conclusion: The nursing students had high emotional intelligence, which was unaffect- ed by the various sociodemographic factors.

KeyWords: Emotional Intelligence, Nursing Stu- dents, Nursing College.