Measuring the emotional intelligence of clinical staff nurses: An approach for improving the clinical care environment

Nursing Administration Quarterly

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 8-14

  Codier, Estelle ^a,b   Kooker, Barbara Molina ^a   Shoultz, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotional intelligence; Nursing performance; Organizational retention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPREHENSION; CONFLICT; COOPERATION; EDUCATION; EMOTION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODEL; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPREHENSION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; FEMALE; HAWAII; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NURSING; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 37548998598     PISSN: 03639568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NAQ.0000305942.38816.3b     Document Type: Article

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