Determination of emotional intelligence levels and teamwork attitudes of nursing students: A descriptive-correlational study.

OBJECTIVE

This descriptive-correlational study was carried out to determine the relationship between emotional intelligence levels and teamwork attitudes of nursing students.

METHOD

The study has a descriptive-correlational design. A total of 469 nursing students participated in this study. To collect the study data, the "Personal Information Form", "Emotional Intelligence Evaluation Scale" and "TeamSTEPPS-Teamwork Attitudes Questionnaire" were used. Descriptive statistics, correlation and regression analysis were used to analyze the data.

RESULTS

The emotional intelligence levels of the nursing students were low and the level of their attitudes towards teamwork was above the average. There was a positive and significant relationship between the mean scores they obtained from the overall Emotional Intelligence Evaluation Scale and TeamSTEPPS-Teamwork Attitudes Questionnaire and their sub-scales.

CONCLUSION

Students' emotional intelligence levels are low and their attitude levels towards teamwork are above average. Therefore, emphasis should be placed on increasing students' emotional intelligence and teamwork attitudes during nursing education.