Nursing: Emotional Intelligence In Nursing Practice

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Emotional Intelligence in Nursing Practice
Tara Benson
Denver School of Nursing Emotional Intelligence in Nursing Practice
As human beings we are by nature emotional creatures, before we have to even the opportunity to think about a situation our emotions have already responded on our behalf (Bradberry and Greaves, 2009). Emotional intelligence simply put, is one’s ability to not only recognize emotion in themselves, but in others as well and how to use the emotions to manage and navigate any given situation (Bradberry and Greaves, 2009). Bradberry and Greaves (2009) state that, emotional intelligence focuses on two categories, personal competence and social competence. Personal competence requires skills in self-awareness and self-management, …show more content…

The leadership topic of emotional intelligence caught my interest almost immediately. I took an emotional intelligence test that came with the book I purchased, and I was surprised by my scores. I got an overall score of 75, which means that I have some emotional intelligence, but I need more work (Bradberry and Greaves, 2009). As I continued to research emotional intelligence in relation to nursing I started to find articles that might explain why my score was lower than what I estimated. It’s evident that stress and burn out play a large role in emotional intelligence and being a nursing student who works full time, it comes as no surprise that I am constantly stressed out, emotionally, and physically exhausted. My personal growth started once I was able to connect my general feeling of burnout with the emotional intelligence skills presented in the book, it became very clear to me that I have been ignoring how I feel and how I react in regards to those feelings. It is easy to get in cycle of just existing and going through the motions of each day, which I am guilty of doing. I just want to get to the end of the day, the end of my shift, the end of nursing school. By just existing, I am tuning out all emotion and feeling, which results in adding more stress and exhaustion to myself. Moving forward, my plan is to become more emotionally …show more content…

Decreased stress levels among nurses, increased job satisfaction, and improved patient care were discussed and leadership roles were examined. The social competency skills of social awareness and relationship management were described in relation to implementing to my practice. My personal growth during my research of emotional intelligence was also discussed. Emotional intelligence in my opinion is something that nurses of all levels should possess. It is clear that utilizing these skills creates many different varieties of positive outcome for all of healthcare, research on emotional intelligence should continue and education for all members of the healthcare team should be

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