author(s)
V Sabitha Anto and J Lizy Merlin Lisha

abstract
Emotional Intelligence is highly important in a teen’s development. There is considerable evidence pointing to its positive role in helping students deal with stress, develop relationships, and handle the transitions facing them. In that aim present study was conducted to assess the emotional intelligence among nursing students studying in selected nursing college at Tirunelveli district. An Explorative Quantitative research approach was used in this study. The study was conducted in Sardar Rajas College of nursing at Tirunelveli district. Purposive sampling technique was used for the sample selection. A total of 42 III Year B.Sc Nursing students included in the study. The investigator administered a structured questionnaire comprising demographical variables and the emotional intelligence scale to the participants. Scoring was done based on the participants' responses. Ethical principle and justice were maintained during and after the course of data collection. The results Shows that the comparison of mean, standard deviation on level of emotional intelligent among B.Sc (N) nursing students. In boys the mean level of emotional intelligents was 9.53 and In girls, the mean level of emotional intelligent zwas 14.4.