Nursing Case Study

Critical Question Set 1 Valentine Nwafor Valdosta State University Nursing 4203 August 30th, 2014 Ms. Youmans

Give an example of a nurse who is emotionally intelligent

An emotionally intelligent nurse strives to provide the best care to the patients through non- practical skills, such as understanding and motivating patients ' emotional and psychological well-being. For example, a patient was admitted to the emergency room with shortness of breath due to intentional medication overdose. After she regains consciousness, she became agitated, abusive, and uncomfortable with male care giver approached close to her. In this situation, an emotionally intelligent nurse conveyed an emotional question to understand if her predicament have to do with sexual abuse, such as " It is true that ugly situation do happen to innocent people unexpectedly". This question triggered her and she burst into tears and confided to the nurse that she was sexually abused by her uncle (Yoder, 2014).

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On the other hand, the public need to be protected from preventable mistakes some health care providers make due to lack of details. The hallmark of becoming a health care giver is caring. Caring can be promoted through a good patient and health care provider relationship. A good relationship with the patient is an avenue to a good communication and knowledge about the patient 's needs. Caring is an umbrella that plays an important role in patient safety and positive