A Study to Assess the Interpersonal Intelligence Skill and Career Satisfaction Among B.Sc. Nursing Students

Abstract

Nursing competence comprise knowledge, abilities, attitudes, and behaviors integrated into and aimed at holistic care. This competence is not innate but developed in a complex process to which the environment and internal motivations contribute. Nursing competence is a multidimensional concept; its attributes include professional values, critical judgment, leadership, and effective interpersonal relationships, the latter being the most relevant considering the growing need for human care in the world. When nurses perceive patient care as being central to their work, their career satisfaction improves. Nurses’ job satisfaction and job stress are important issues regarding their turnovers. Therefore, in order to improve quality of care, emotional intelligence play greater role. While there are some recent descriptive studies on job satisfaction with their intellectual skills in public hospitals, very limited research was found on this topic in private hospital setting. Moreover, such studies are very meagre in Indian setup especially in C.G. Hence the researcher felt the need of identifying relation between the interpersonal intelligence skills and career satisfaction among the B.Sc. nursing students.