EFFECTIVENESS OF SKILL TRAINING ON EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AMONG B.SC. NURSING 4TH YEAR STUDENTS

Background:Emotional Intelligence has a significant place in nursing, where compassion and caring are two foundations of the profession. In order to provide compassionate care, nurses must be able to identify, use, manage and understand emotions not only in themselves but also in others. The aim of the study was to assess the emotional intelligence of nursing students and provide an intervention of emotional intelligence skill training program in order to develop emotional intelligence.

Objectives: To evaluate the effectiveness of skill training on Emotional intelligence among B.sc. Nursing 4^th Year students.

Material and methods: Quantitative approach with time series research design was used in this study. Non-Probability Convenience sampling technique was used to collect data from B.Sc. Nursing 4^th year student of SGRR College of Nursing,Dehradun,Uttarakhand. Twenty days of Skill training on Emotional Intelligence were conducted for 1 Hour daily. Data were collected by using Schutte Emotional Inteligence scale and socio demographic profile.

Results: Mean age of study participants was 21.47. Results revealed that asignificant increase in the level of Emotional Intelligence with a mean difference (MD) of 15.44 and f value is 78.33 which is greater than the tabulated value of 3.00 which was found significant at p=0.001.

Conclusion: This study concluded that skill training is an effective method in increasing the level of Emotional intelligence among Nursing students.It is cost effective and can be done any time.