Emotional Intelligence Training Program and its Effect on Nursing Students Problem Solving Skills

Abstract

Background: Emotional intelligence is comprised of individual, emotional and social abilities. It includes the competency of an individual to manage their relationships with others, regulates emotions and efficiently solved their problem. Aim: This study aims to assess the effect of emotional intelligence training program on nursing student's problem solving skills. Design: A pretest- posttest one-group quasi-experimental design used in this study. Setting: This study conducted at the Technical Nursing Institute at El-Fayoum University. Subjects: Included all the available nursing students at second year and they were 200 nursing students. Tools of data collection: Data collected by using two tools emotional intelligence questionnaire and problem solving skills questionnaire. Results: 48.5% of nursing students had high emotional intelligence before the intervention. This increased to 86.5% at post intervention phase and the improvement continued through the follow up phase reaching to 89.5%. Half of nursing students in the study sample were-having high problem solving skills before the intervention. This rose to 87.5% at post intervention phase and reached 90.5% at follow-up phase. Conclusion: There were highly statistically significant correlations between emotional intelligence and problem solving skills. Recommendations: The Technical Nursing Institute should adopt the emotional intelligence, educational approach in all its different grades and enhance nursing problem solving skills through providing them with supportive and positive training environment.