1. Emotional competence and sociodemographic and professional characteristics of nurses.
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Ribeiro Machado, Dora, Laranjeira Almeida, Assunção, and Tavares, João
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CROSS-sectional method , *STATISTICAL correlation , *SELF-evaluation , *SCALE analysis (Psychology) , *PEARSON correlation (Statistics) , *CRONBACH'S alpha , *DATA analysis , *EMOTIONAL intelligence , *QUESTIONNAIRES , *KRUSKAL-Wallis Test , *QUANTITATIVE research , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *MANN Whitney U Test , *NURSE practitioners , *JOB satisfaction , *JOB descriptions , *RESEARCH methodology , *RESEARCH , *STATISTICS , *SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors , *HEALTH facilities , *DATA analysis software , *FAMILY nursing - Abstract
Introduction: In health professionals, skills that allow them to deal with their own emotions and those of others guarantee the quality of care provided and an effective therapeutic relationship. Hence, they are fundamental for nurses, namely for those who work in family health units. Objective: To analyze the relationship between the emotional competence of nurses working in family health units in a group of health centers in the north of Portugal and their sociodemographic and professional characteristics. Method: Quantitative methodology, of the transversal descriptive-correlational type. Data collected through an electronic questionnaire that consisted of two parts: sociodemographic and professional characteristics of the participants and emotional competence questionnaire. 66 nurses composed the sample. Results: The nurses in the study showed high levels of emotional competence (mean = 205.1, standard deviation = 20.9). There were no statistically significant differences between sociodemographic and professional characteristics and emotional competence. Conclusions: Although the relationship between emotional competence and sociodemographic and professional characteristics is unclear, the importance of emotional intelligence in care practice is certain. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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