Teaching safety in nursing practice: Is emotional intelligence a vital component?

Nursing faculty have integrated safety teaching throughout nursing curricula in hopes to generate safer nurses in the workplace: yet, safety discrepancies still occur at an alarming rate. The concept of emotional intelligence has emerged in the health care literature as a trait that has been shown to positively impact behaviors leading to safer practice. The authors gathered information about emotional intelligence to incorporate in their associate degree program and share the findings in this article.