The Role Of Emotional Intelligence In Nursing

The controversial topic has been subject of different studies after it was first formulated by Salovey and Mayer(1990). However, tit was not until the psychology and science journalist Daniel Coleman published his best seller Emotional Intelligence (1995), that the subject became polemical. In order to described emotional intelligence, we can start by using the definition of each independent word to later interpret it like a complex one and relate it to the health care field and specially to nursing. Emotions are commonly defined as “a natural instinctive state of mind deriving from one's circumstances, mood, or relationships with others.”(google definition); while intelligence is defined as “the ability to acquire and apply knowledge and