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The relationship between characteristics of nursing performance and years of experience in nurses with high emotional intelligence
Author(s) -
Fujino Yuriko,
Tanaka Michiko,
Yonemitsu Yoshikazu,
Kawamoto Rieko
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
international journal of nursing practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.62
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1440-172X
pISSN - 1322-7114
DOI - 10.1111/ijn.12311
Subject(s) - situational ethics , nursing , emotional intelligence , psychology , medicine , developmental psychology , social psychology
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 E motional I ntelligence S cale and the S ix‐ D imension S cale of N ursing P erformance, was administered to 1395 nurses working at general hospitals in J apan from N ovember 2010 to M arch 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.