Personality Domains and Emotional Intelligence on Relational Nursing Practice among Public Health Nurses

Even though the terms ‘personality’ and ‘emotional intelligence’ were commonly employed in nursing circles there appears to be little clear discussion of the topic within the nursing literature. This study presented one way of considering what ‘personality’ and ‘emotional intelligence’ are and discusses this in terms of its relationship in relational nursing practice. This study aimed to explore the relationship of personality domains and emotional intelligence in relational nursing practice of public health nurses in Region III, Philippines. Utilizing the descriptive correlational type of research, the researcher with assistance of a registered psychometrician adopted the use of Big Five Inventory Scale (BFI), Goleman Emotional Intelligence Tool, Caring Nurse-Patient Interaction Scale (CNPI-70) and the Mutual Psychological Development Questionnaire (MPDQ). The quantitative data were statistically treated using mean, percentage, standard deviation, ANOVA and Pearson Product Moment of Coefficient Correlation. The results revealed significant relationships between personality domains (rcomp=0.217) and relational nursing practice - caring nurse-patient interaction (p-values=0.026) and between personality domains (rcomp=0.411) and growth-fostering relationship (p-values=1.363 x 10-5); also, between emotional intelligence (rcomp=0.509) and relational nursing practice – caring nurse-patient interaction (p-values=2.846 x 10-8) and between emotional intelligence (rcomp=0.291) and growth-fostering relationship (p-values=0.003).

 

Keywords: Public health nursing, personality domains, emotional intelligence, descriptive correlational, Region III, Philippines