Unveiling the heart of nursing: the transformative impact of emotional intelligence on patient-centred care

The five-component model developed by Daniel Goleman serves as the primary description of emotional intelligence (EI). EI plays a significant role in the nursing profession by assisting students in acquiring traits including motivation, self-awareness, self-management, empathy, and interpersonal competence. Consequently, nurses equipped with heightened EI contribute to treatment that is both compassionate and highly collaborative. Positive impacts of EI on stress management, collaboration, and the promotion of personal and professional development have been linked to higher levels of job satisfaction. It also has a significant role in uniting healthcare workers from various backgrounds, which promotes improved communication and, eventually, improves patient care. Associations between increased levels of nurses' EI and improved interpersonal relationships, professional success, and a harmonious work-life balance emphasise the multifaceted advantages of EI in the nursing profession. Additionally, EI has a crucial role in influencing patient-nurse interactions, communication, trust, patient satisfaction, and overall outcomes. The integration of EI training into nursing education is essential, with a specific emphasis on the development of skills related to the identification, comprehension, and regulation of emotions. Continuing education and mentoring initiatives have the potential to further augment the EI of nurses. Improving healthcare outcomes and services requires an understanding of the importance of combining nursing practice and education

A dengue infection without bleeding manifestations in an adult with immune thrombocytopenic purpura

BACKGROUND: Dengue is the most prevalent and fast spreading arboviral infection affecting people. No specific drug is available to treat dengue. Thrombocytopenia with potential of serious hemorrhages is one of the hall mark features of dengue. Immune thrombocytopenic purpura is an autoimmune disease causing thrombocytopenia. If a patient with that gets dengue, we expect severe thrombocytopenia with bleeding manifestations. Only a handful of such cases were reported before, and they were managed in different ways. CASE PRESENTATION: A 30-year-old Sinhalese man recently diagnosed of immune thrombocytopenic purpura and on prednisolone was presented on the fourth day of fever, head ache, arthralgia, myalgia, and nausea. We started standard symptomatic dengue management and continued prednisolone. Dengue IgM and IgG antibody tests became positive. He was monitored by physical signs and serial full blood counts as the mainstay of monitoring. The patient never developed clinical bleeding manifestations and recovered. CONCLUSIONS: Considering the huge population at risk of dengue, generating more evidence on the topic and formulation of effective, simple guidelines to manage dengue in children and adults with immune thrombocytopenic purpura is going to be beneficial for many patients in the future