Effect of Nurse Educators’ Emotional Intelligence on Student Nurses’ Assertiveness at Dakahlia Nursing Secondary Schools

Abdel Monem ,Hanan Ahmed

doi:10.21608/pssjn.2017.33078

Abstract

Background: Emotional intelligence skills have a great impact on nurse educators' success. The present study aimed to explore the relation between nurse educators' emotional intelligence on student nurses' assertiveness in nursing secondary schools at Dakahlia. Research design: a descriptive correlational design was utilized with a sample of 39 nurse educators and their student nurses (397) in nursing secondary schools at Dakahlia. Tools of data collection: data were collected by using two questionnaire sheets; the first one was emotional intelligence questionnairefor assessing nurse educators' emotional intelligence, the second one was assertiveness questionnaire for determining the level of student nurses' assertiveness. Results revealed that the majority of nurse educators had low level of emotional intelligence and the majority of the student nurses had low level of assertiveness. It was concluded that there was a statistically significance relationship between nurse educators' emotional intelligence and student nurses' assertiveness. Therefore, it is recommendedto develop and implement in-service training program on emotional intelligence as self-awareness and communication skills for nurse educators and integrate assertiveness skills courses into the nursing curriculum to increase student nurses' assertiveness.

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There is no doubt that change is normally continuous (Marquis and Huston, 2012), a lot of changes are surrounding the educational field, including designation of curriculums, assessment and evaluation techniques for needs of the learners and society (OECD, 2009), and nurse educators and student nurses as a result of globalization and increasing of technology diversities in policies which control work places so that all of nurse educators and student nurses must be effectively occupied professionally and psychology with coping strategies to face challenges (Yoder-Wise & Kowalski, 2012)
There is a general academically concern about integrating emotional intelligence and assertiveness skills for educators and students in nursing filed little studies are involved in nurse educators and student nurses in such concern So, this study aims to explore the relation between nurseeducatorsemotional intelligence and nurse-studentsassertiveness
As personality is a sum total of emotions (Kant, 2014), Emotion is fundamental to learning process emotional intelligence is considered as an important characteristic of nurse educators that can affect the quality of their work including clinical decision-making, critical thinking, evidence and knowledge use in practice (Barkhordari & Rostambeygi, 2013)

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There is no doubt that change is normally continuous (Marquis and Huston, 2012), a lot of changes are surrounding the educational field, including designation of curriculums, assessment and evaluation techniques for needs of the learners and society (OECD, 2009), and nurse educators and student nurses as a result of globalization and increasing of technology diversities in policies which control work places so that all of nurse educators and student nurses must be effectively occupied professionally and psychology with coping strategies to face challenges (Yoder-Wise & Kowalski, 2012) These are needed skills which related to emotional intelligence (Adilogullari, 2011). It is recommended to develop and implement in-service training program on emotional intelligence as self-awareness and communication skills for nurse educators and integrate assertiveness skills courses into the nursing curriculum to increase student nurses' assertiveness

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