A Study of the Influence of Nursing Education on Development of Emotional Intelligence

A cross sectional exploration of emotional intelligence in US baccalaureate nursing students

“…The positive correlation found in bivariate analyses between transfer status and age, suggested confounding; however, in multivariate regressions, age was not a predictor of the outcomes, while being a transfer student was for some outcomes. Previous studies have found associations between being older and higher EI [22] but this was not supported in the current study nor was it supported in Shanta & Gargiula's [26] study which hypothesized that senior students after being exposed to patient centered curricula would increase emotional intelligence. The potential reasons why transfer students in this study scored lower in the area of strategic thought and understanding emotions warrants more exploration.…”

“…[8] Regarding some of the demographic predictors of EI, having a higher GPA has been found to be associated with increased emotional intelligence in other studies. [23,26] The only two measurements in this study that GPA did not predict a higher score in were the branches, facilitating thought and managing emotions. Oddly, these are two branches where cognitive functioning is brought to the forefront.…”

Investigating the effect of emotional intelligence education on baccalaureate nursing students’ emotional intelligence scores

“…Other research studies reported similar findings while focusing on senior nursing students (Fletcher et al, 2009;Nelis et al, 2009). Contrary to these findings, Shanta and Gargiulo (2014), using a two group pre-post-quasi experimental design, found no difference between the EI scores of students that received nursing education (experiment group) and those that received non nursing education (control group). Although the authors attributed this finding to the convenience sampling strategy used and the different group sizes, the fact that their nursing education program had no EI specific training component could also have been a factor.…”

“…As members of multidisciplinary health care teams working in complex health care environments, nurses need to perceive and evaluate with fine precision the emotional state of patients and that of colleagues as well as their own. This kind of capability is essential to providing quality nursing care, to ensuring effective teamwork, and to managing M A N U S C R I P T A C C E P T E D ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT 2 interpersonal relationships (Clarke, 2006;Shanta & Gargiulo, 2014), indeed, so much so that no effort should be spared in developing the skills required to master it at the earliest opportunity, i.e., during the first or second year of nursing school (Shanta & Gargiulo, 2014).…”

Validation of a Forced-Choice Emotional Intelligence Scale with Chinese Nurses

“…Leaders who are proficient in EI have an impact on their employees, and, in the setting of nursing, on patient care and patient outcomes (Bulmer Smith, Profetto-McGrath, & Cummings, 2009). Shanta and Gargiulo (2014) suggested that EI is a crucial component in the nurse's ability to provide holistic care for patients, peers, and themselves. Sharif, Rezaie, Keshavarzi, Mansoori, and Ghadakpoor (2013) showed that teaching EI improved the general health of nurses working in an intensive care unit.…”