ReviewCureus2023
Emotional Intelligence and Delivering Bad News in Professional Nursing Practice.
Review in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.
- Between culture and care: nurses' experiences of end-of-life communication in Ghana.BMC medical ethics · 2026Article
- Communicating bad news in oncology and hematology settings: A statistic and Large Language Model for interpreting nurses' difficulties and emotions.Palliative & supportive care · 2025Article
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- Exploring nurses' experiences and challenges in managing diabetic amputations: a qualitative study.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- Implementation of a coaching training for enhancing empathy and emotional intelligence skills in health science students: a prospective study.BMC medical education · 2024Article
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2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Delivering bad news often impacts nurses' emotional well-being and relationships with patients. However, most practice models do not offer a sufficient solution to the distress and reduced job satisfaction that may thus arise. This paper offers a critique of theoretical frameworks for breaking bad news in clinical settings, with the aim of highlighting the inadequate evidence available to guide nursing practice with regard to managing the emotional burden of breaking bad news. Firstly, the concept of emotional intelligence is introduced, followed by an overview of the impact of delivering bad news on the psychological well-being of healthcare workers. Several models for delivering bad news in clinical practice were then presented to emphasise the lack of evidence regarding ways of mitigating the burden associated with breaking bad news. Key components of emotional intelligence are highlighted to increase awareness of this factor among nurses and enable them to improve their interpersonal skills to mitigate the impact of breaking bad news. Enabling nurses to develop emotional self-awareness before utilising these frameworks will likely lead to increased nurse retention rates and improve reflective practice and communication skills, which could, in turn, strengthen nurse-patient relationships and subsequent care planning.
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