TY - JOUR
T1 - The relationship between characteristics of nursing performance and years of experience in nurses with high emotional intelligence
AU - Fujino, Yuriko
AU - Tanaka, Michiko
AU - Yonemitsu, Yoshikazu
AU - Kawamoto, Rieko
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Wiley Publishing Asia Pty Ltd.
PY - 2015/12/1
Y1 - 2015/12/1
N2 - The aim of this study was to elucidate characteristics of nursing performance among nurses with high emotional intelligence (EI) and examine the influence of years of experience on nursing performance and EI. A survey, including The Emotional Intelligence Scale and the Six-Dimension Scale of Nursing Performance, was administered to 1395 nurses working at general hospitals in Japan from November 2010 to March 2011. We received 1045 responses (76% response rate). There was a significant positive correlation between EI and nursing performance. Nurses with high EI reported more professional development activities, suggesting that they continue learning, attain licenses and actively improve their nursing skills. High-performing nurses had high situational abilities and showed improved nursing performance with experience. However, nurses with low situational abilities demonstrated no improvement in nursing performance related to experience. EI involves skills that can be acquired from training. Therefore, educational programmes to improve EI could improve nursing performance.
AB - The aim of this study was to elucidate characteristics of nursing performance among nurses with high emotional intelligence (EI) and examine the influence of years of experience on nursing performance and EI. A survey, including The Emotional Intelligence Scale and the Six-Dimension Scale of Nursing Performance, was administered to 1395 nurses working at general hospitals in Japan from November 2010 to March 2011. We received 1045 responses (76% response rate). There was a significant positive correlation between EI and nursing performance. Nurses with high EI reported more professional development activities, suggesting that they continue learning, attain licenses and actively improve their nursing skills. High-performing nurses had high situational abilities and showed improved nursing performance with experience. However, nurses with low situational abilities demonstrated no improvement in nursing performance related to experience. EI involves skills that can be acquired from training. Therefore, educational programmes to improve EI could improve nursing performance.
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U2 - 10.1111/ijn.12311
DO - 10.1111/ijn.12311
M3 - Article
C2 - 24712344
AN - SCOPUS:84956847409
SN - 1322-7114
VL - 21
SP - 876
EP - 881
JO - International Journal of Nursing Practice
JF - International Journal of Nursing Practice
IS - 6
ER -