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- Title
Level of emotional intelligence in medical-surgical nursing specialist nurses.
- Authors
Teixeira, Susana Loureiro; Azevedo Moutinho, Pedro Filipe; Pereira Pinto, Ana Catarina; da Mota, Liliana Andreia Neves
- Abstract
Aim: To measure the level of emotional intelligence in medical-surgical nursing specialist nurses. Design: A quantitative descriptive cross-sectional study. Methods: Data were collected through a digital form comprising a questionnaire divided into two sections: first – sociodemographic and professional characterization; second – a Portuguese version of the Schutte Emotional Intelligence Scale. The internal consistency of the instrument, measured by Cronbach’s alpha (unidimensional), was 0.878. Data were collected between 27 January and 16 March 2023. A non-probability convenience sampling technique was used to enroll the participants. Results: The final sample consisted of 168 medical-surgical nursing specialist nurses. Their mean emotional intelligence score was 105.28 points, with a standard deviation of 10.56 points. The variables academic degree (p = 0.002) and gender (p = 0.035) showed a statistically significant association with the total emotional intelligence score. Conclusion: This study allowed to measure the level of emotional intelligence in medical-surgical nursing specialist nurses, yielding high mean scores. Nevertheless, it is essential to invest in strategies for the acquisition of emotional intelligence skills by professionals with low mean scores
- Subjects
CROSS-sectional method; CRONBACH'S alpha; EMOTIONAL intelligence; STATISTICAL sampling; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX distribution; NURSING; QUANTITATIVE research; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; ANALYSIS of covariance; RESEARCH methodology; INFERENTIAL statistics; ANALYSIS of variance; MEDICAL-surgical nurses; DATA analysis software; EDUCATIONAL attainment; REGRESSION analysis
- Publication
Central European Journal of Nursing & Midwifery, 2024, Vol 15, Issue 3, p1158
- ISSN
2336-3517
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.15452/CEJNM.2024.15.0014