Nurses' emotional intelligence impact on the quality of hospital services

Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Ezzatabadi, Mohammad Ranjbar ^a   Bahrami, Mohammad Amin ^a   Hadizadeh, Farzaneh ^a   Arab, Masoomeh ^a   Nasiri, Soheyla ^b   Amiresmaili, Mohammadreza ^a   Tehrani, Gholamreza Ahmadi ^a  

^a SHAHID SADOUGHI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Communication; Emotional intelligence; Job satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING STAFF; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY;

EID: 84871150903     PISSN: 20741804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/ircmj.926     Document Type: Article

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