EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE, SPIRITUAL INTELLIGENCE, RESILIENCE & SUBJECTIVE HAPPINESS AMONG NURSES IN A SELECTED HOSPITAL, AJMAN, UAE

Abstract

Introduction

Caring is an essential concept in fundamental nursing and is impactful in the quality of health services and nursing practice. Emotional Intelligence, Spiritual intelligence and important factors in enhancing resilience and subjective happiness

Objectives

1. To assess the emotional Intelligence, spiritual intelligence, resilience & subjective happiness among nurses
2. To correlate Emotional Intelligence, Spiritual Intelligence, Resilience and Subjective happiness among nurses
3. To associate Emotional Intelligence, Spiritual Intelligence, Resilience and Subjective happiness among nurses with selected demographic variables

Methods

Design:A descriptive correlational design was used for the study. The subjects were 79 Nurses. Setting was at the Thumbay University hospital, Ajman, UAE. Permission was obtained from Institutional review board of University & the hospital. An online survey on emotional intelligence, spiritual intelligence, resilience and subjective happiness was shared to all nurses.

Results

Results reveal that 73(92.41%) of the nurses had high Emotional Intelligence, 47(59.9%) had moderate spiritual intelligence and 30(37.97%) had high spiritual intelligence, 69(87.34%) had normal or moderate resilience and 43(54.43%) had moderate subjective happiness and 35(44.30%) had high subjective happiness. There is a positive Correlation between Emotional Intelligence and Spiritual Intelligence which is significant (0.379 P<0.001); Emotional Intelligence and Resilience which is significant (0.282, P<0.012); Emotional Intelligence and Subjective Happiness which is significant (0.340, P<0.002); Spiritual Intelligence and Resilience which is significant (0.548, P<0.000).

Conclusion

The present study reveals that majority of the nurses have high Emotional Intelligence, moderate spiritual intelligence, moderate resilience and moderate to high subjective happiness. The study recommends further awareness and improvement on emotional & spiritual intelligence, as this will enhance resilience and subjective happiness among nurses