A MULTI-DIMENSIONAL STUDY ON THE RELATIONSHIP OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE TO THE MULTITASKING ABILITY OF NURSING STUDENTS: A STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING APPROACH

With the gradual shift of nursing practices to a more emotional and open practice, there is now a need to evaluate the connection and interaction between emotional intelligence & nursing work. Emotional Intelligence is the ability to cope up with the external pressures and demands. Nursing work is heavy on cognitive demands because it is unpredictable and fast-paced. The act of multitasking is present in this context and is defined as the ability to achieve/execute multiple goals in the same period with frequent switches among tasks. Past studies failed to consider the interaction of all four components of emotional intelligence with the multitasking ability of a person. Practitioner Summary: This study aims to bridge the gap between Emotional Intelligence and Multitasking ability in the context of nurses and propose that Emotional Intelligence (EI) is a vital topic to be integrated into nursing curriculums and trainings because according to research links between the two ability models are plausible.