Emotional intelligence of mental health nurses

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 555-562

  Van Dusseldorp, Loes R L C ^a   Van Meijel, Berno K G ^b   Derksen, Jan J L ^c  

^a Institute for Mental Health Care   (Netherlands)

^b INHOLLAND UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Emotional intelligence; Mental health nurses; Mental health nursing; Nurse patient relationship; Psychological and social coping

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 78651259233     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2009.03120.x     Document Type: Article

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