Relationship between Leadership; Empathy and Emotion for Junior and Senior Nursing Student

In nursing education, three concepts of: leadership, emotional intelligence and empathy are correlated and supporting each other in preparing high quality graduate of nursing students. The study aimed to assess leadership style, empathy and emotional level of nursing student. Descriptive correlation study used with non probability convenience sample. 59 students from level fourth and eight participated in this study. Three questionnaires, namely: Multifactorial Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ), the Hogan Empathy Scale (HES) and the Emotional Empathy Tendency Scale (EETS) used as data collection tools. SPSS version 17 used for statistical analysis. It was found that both of the junior and senior students perceived their leadership to be more transformational rather than transactional leadership. Furthermore, majority of the leadership domain were correlated negatively with empathy scores. It is recommended for future research to use greater sample size and various settings. In nursing practice, educators need to encourage the application of transformational leadership, emotional intelligence and empathy in order to improve the quality of graduates. [Olfat A. Salem; Abeer M. Moursy; Essmat M. Gemeay and Gusrina K. Putri Relationship between Leadership; Empathy and Emotion for Junior and Senior Nursing Student. Life Sci J 2012; 9(2):343-347]. (ISSN: 10978135). http://www.lifesciencesite.com. 54.