Stress can come from our personal lives, management, co-workers, staff, patient’s family, and patients themselves. The four factors listed out earlier will play a role in how we handle our stress and still provide proper patient care. Starting with self-awareness: being aware that our mental state would not be at its best when we are stress is the beginning. Leaving our home stress at home and work stress at work is substantial. Being aware of our stress level will encourage us to find healthy ways to cope effectively, which leads to the next factor, self-management. Being able to manage our feelings, ensuring that our professional life does not mix with our personal life is key. A bad break up with a boyfriend/girlfriend is a poor excuse to be emotionally distress and provide mediocre level of care. With an adequate level of emotional intelligence it should not be play a role in patient care. Social awareness plays a role of knowing where your patient stands. A scenario that comes to mind is when someone hears bad news from a physician. It is part of our job as nurses to be aware on where they are emotionally. If they need help copping, it will be in their best interest to utilize resources for support in the hospital. An emotionally stable nurse will be able to lead them to the support they need. The final factor, social relationship management ties with the build of trust and rapport with a patient. The information and data that we will receive from a patient that trust nurses will be in a different quality compared to someone who received poor treatment from prior admission. This is how I believe Emotional Intelligence plays a role in nursing
Stress can come from our personal lives, management, co-workers, staff, patient’s family, and patients themselves. The four factors listed out earlier will play a role in how we handle our stress and still provide proper patient care. Starting with self-awareness: being aware that our mental state would not be at its best when we are stress is the beginning. Leaving our home stress at home and work stress at work is substantial. Being aware of our stress level will encourage us to find healthy ways to cope effectively, which leads to the next factor, self-management. Being able to manage our feelings, ensuring that our professional life does not mix with our personal life is key. A bad break up with a boyfriend/girlfriend is a poor excuse to be emotionally distress and provide mediocre level of care. With an adequate level of emotional intelligence it should not be play a role in patient care. Social awareness plays a role of knowing where your patient stands. A scenario that comes to mind is when someone hears bad news from a physician. It is part of our job as nurses to be aware on where they are emotionally. If they need help copping, it will be in their best interest to utilize resources for support in the hospital. An emotionally stable nurse will be able to lead them to the support they need. The final factor, social relationship management ties with the build of trust and rapport with a patient. The information and data that we will receive from a patient that trust nurses will be in a different quality compared to someone who received poor treatment from prior admission. This is how I believe Emotional Intelligence plays a role in nursing