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Factors affecting nursing student incivility: as perceived by students and faculty staff
Incivility is disruptive behaviour that occurs in in higher education learning environments. This study by Ibrahim and Qalawa (2016) used a structured three-part questionnaire to elicit perceptions and factors about incivility. The authors describe the phenomenon where there has been an increase in latecomers, sleepers, mobile device addicts or discourteous behaviour by students. This disruptive […]
Emotional intelligence education in undergraduate nursing programmes
Foster et al (2015) describes emotional intelligence (EI) or emotional labour in nursing for the purpose of arguing that EI development needs to be incorporated into the nursing curriculum. The authors describe the three components of emotional labour: 1) instrumental; 2) therapeutic; and 3) collegial. This study aimed to investigate and synthesise the state of […]