Emotional Intelligence and Nursing

“Emotional Intelligences and Reflective Practice are Integral Components of Building a Therapeutic Relationship in Nursing”

Emotional intelligence refers to an ability to recognize the meanings of emotion and its therapeutic relationships, and to reasons for problem-solving in nursing. This is involved in the capacity to recognize emotions, adapt emotion-related to feelings, understand the information of those emotions, and manage it. Reflective practice is a process by which one stops and think about their practice, knowingly analyse ones decision making and clarifying ones thoughts and doubts. As a result, one may modify ones actions, behaviour, treatments and learning needs. Therapeutic relationship, also known as the helping team, refers to the relationship between a healthcare professional and a client. It is the means by which the professional interact with the client. This relationship is central to the patient's oriented approach to health care, and will displays some of the skills that are developed by the practitioner, to enhance the healing relationship with their patients. Nursing is the defences, campaign, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, improvement of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations. Thus emotional intelligences is the ability to manage emotions which is very important in nursing.

The act of self-awareness is built through emotional intelligence which is an important factor in building therapeutic relationship. Nurses should built an understanding of clients health situation considering social, cultural, emotional, physical spiritual and psychological conditi...

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