Emotional intelligence and affective events in nurse education: A narrative review

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 53, Issue , 2017, Pages 34-40

  Lewis, Gillian M ^a   Neville, Christine ^b   Ashkanasy, Neal M ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Affect; Attrition; Emotion; Emotional intelligence; Nursing; Stress; Students

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MENTAL STRESS; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ANXIETY; COMMUNICATION; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; HUMANS; NARRATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 85017625686     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2017.04.001     Document Type: Review

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