Mr Prasanth's scientific contributions

Emotional Intelligence is the capacity to be aware of, control and express one's emotions efficiently and to handle interpersonal relationships judiciously and empathetically. Assessment of Emotional Intelligence helps us understand emotions and manage them which not only enhances the quality of patient care but enhance patient safety as well. This study was undertaken to assess the level of Emotional Intelligence among nursing students, and to find out the association between Emotional Intelligence with selected demographic variables. Through purposive sampling technique, 180 nursing students who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria were selected as samples. The data was collected by using standardized questionnaire. The setting of the study was Aswini College of Nursing, Thrissur. The collected data was analysed by, quantitative and inferential statistics. The study revealed that among 180 samples,52(28.88%), of nursing students had low Emotional Intelligence, 46(25.55%) had moderate Emotional Intelligence, 41(22.77%) had very low Emotional Intelligence, 22(12.22%) had high Emotional Intelligence, 19(10.55%) had very high Emotional Intelligence. There was a significant association between level of emotional intelligence and selected demographic variables such as age, year of study.