Smith (7)
also points out that emotional intelligence affects the
critical thinking and decision making. Given the fact
that it has been reported in many surveys that there
is an unstable tendency in nursing students to think
critically, it can be inferred that one of the guidelines
to increase the critical thinking, which is essential
in nursing profession, is to increase the emotional
intelligence. In the results of this survey, it was shown
that there was a significantly positive correlation
between the emotional intelligence and father’s
educations (p=0.006). No significant correlation was
found for other features. This is consistent with what
Arabi, (15) found in their studies on medical students
at the University of Medical Sciences in Rafsanjan.