Emotional intelligence among nursing students in the COVID-19 pandemic: reflective study

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https://doi.org/10.33448/rsd-v10i3.13269

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Emotional intelligence; Nursing Education; Coronavirus; Teaching.

Abstract

Objective: to promote a critical reflection on emotional intelligence among nursing students in the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: it is a theoretical-reflective study built from an analysis of the scientific production of the theme and the theoretical framework of emotional intelligence. Results: the pandemic caused changes in the processes of living and has caused harmful repercussions to individuals and societies. Among students, especially affected audiences, the main stressful situations have been financial limitations, remote education and uncertainties related to their performance and prospects for their professional future. In this scenario, intelligence and emotional development can be prioritized in order to soften the negative psychosocial and emotional reflexes that have affected people's biopsychosocial atmosphere, being associated, above all, with the best way of coping. Final considerations: the relevance of addressing emotional intelligence in a transversal way is highlighted, permeating the various training scenarios, with a view to fostering its development among nursing students.

Author Biographies

Mariane Valesca de Menezes Lacerda, Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco

Acadêmica de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco (UNIVASF), Brasil

Simone Coelho Amestoy, Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco

Professora Associada do Coelgiado de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal do Vale do São Franscico. Docente Permanente do Porgrama de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem e Saúde da Universidade Federal da Bahia. 

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LACERDA, M. V. de M. .; AMESTOY, S. C. Emotional intelligence among nursing students in the COVID-19 pandemic: reflective study. Research, Society and Development, [S. l.], v. 10, n. 3, p. e22410313269, 2021. DOI: 10.33448/rsd-v10i3.13269. Disponível em: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/13269. Acesso em: 16 apr. 2024.

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