February 24, 2017

Study: Emotional intelligence of nurse managers

By: Judy Mathias
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Editor's Note

The level of emotional intelligence among nurse managers depends on years of experience and postgraduate degree, this study finds.

Nurse managers with less than 2 years of experience had statistically significant lower “using emotions” branch score and strategic emotional intelligence.

Those with masters’ degrees in nursing scored significantly higher in “using emotions” branch score than those with masters’ degrees in related fields.

Opportunities exist to enhance the emotional intelligence of nurse managers, the authors say.

 

OBJECTIVE: The purposes of this study are to determine the level of emotional intelligence (EI) among nurse managers (NMs) in an academic medical center and determine the relationship of EI and demographic variables. BACKGROUND: Emotional intelligence is a concept that warrants further research ...

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