Emotional intelligence is now recognized as a critical factor in leadership development. you will dig a little deeper to look specifically at emotional intelligence.On a busy day in the pediatric unit (PICU) at St. Anthony Medical Center, the team assembled by nurse manager Phoebe Hemsworth will be tested. They must not only care for their injured patients but also meet the demands of working together as a cohesive unit. Several team members are nurses who are either on call to the unit or floating from other units: the adult ICU, labor and delivery, or the med-surg unit. Anna Jiang greets Christina Robledo, a respiratory therapist at SAMC, who is treating Maud, a young heart surgery patient. Anna Jiang notice that maud oxygen levels are low and suggest the doctor be notified, however the therapist is against it. Also, the therapist suggests that all patients head of bed be at a 30 degree angle however the nurses on the unit suggest not to do so due to it being implemented in the policy yet.INTRODUCTION: Discuss what emotional intelligence is and what it consist of.
Dimensions of Emotional Intelligence:Discuss the scene and what happened between Christina Robledo and the two nurses in the Vila Health simulation. Discuss if you feel the nurses demonstrated strong emotional intelligence in their communications with Christina Robledo? Why or why not?