Developing Nursing Students’ Soft Skills: A Lessons Learned from Alternative Health Subject

Abstract

Introduction: Soft skills are the skills that complement human beings emotionally and socially. They consist of a group of individual skills and social skills. All soft skills are extremely important for the nursing profession because nurses provide care for human beings, both in good health and in sickness. But today being a digital era, everything is driven by basic to advanced technology. As a result, nurses may less concern the feelings of the clients. Thus, soft skills will help nurses to fulfill the mental care for them. Soft skills development in nursing students relies on the cultivation process inside and outside the classroom. Therefore, nursing education institutions must design instructional management for the development of soft skills by nurturing all nursing students along with academic and professional skills. This article will address the concept of soft skills, the importance and how to promote soft skills in nursing discipline, citing examples for developing soft skills in an Alternative Health course. Conclusions: All qualified nursing graduates must be continuously developed soft skills to make nursing practice more efficient and create happiness.