Correlation Between Emotional Intelligence and Job Burnout Among Nurses Caring For Geriatric Patients | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||||
| Article 94, Volume 12, Issue 2, June 2021, Page 1536-1549 PDF (309.78 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2021.192193 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
Magda A. Elmarakby1; Hoda A. El Guindy2; Sheren El Sayed Shrief3; Magda Attia Abd-Elkawy Elmarakby  4
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| 1B.Sc. Nursing | ||||
| 2Assistant Professor of Nursing Administration, Vice dean of education and students’ affairs, Faculty of Nursing Beni- Suef University | ||||
| 3Assistant Professor of Medical Surgical Nursing, & Head of department, Faculty of Nursing, Beni-Suef University | ||||
| 4Master’s student at faculty of nursing, Beni-suef university, Alexandria, Egypt. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Emotional Intelligence (EI) is the ability to recognize, understand, and control one's own emotions in order to reduce stress, communicate effectively, sympathize with others, overcome obstacles, and diffuse conflict. Job burnout, on the other hand, is a state in which a person is physically and intellectually overworked, as well as having emotional components that lead to sadness at work. Aim of the study: Assessment of Correlation between Emotional Intelligence and Job Burnout among Nurses Caring for Geriatric Patients in Beni-Suef University Hospital through the following objectives: 1. Assessing Emotional Intelligence level among Nurses Caring for Geriatric Patients in Beni-Suef University Hospital 2. Assessing Job Burnout level among Nurses Caring for Geriatric Patients in Beni-Suef University Hospital 3. Explore correlation between Emotional Intelligence and Job Burnout among Nurses Caring for Geriatric Patients in Beni-Suef University Hospital Methods: Design: descriptive correlation was used. Sample: A convenience sample of 140 nurses working at Beni-Suef university hospital. Setting: this study was conducted at Beni-Suef university hospital, at all departments for long term geriatric patients Tools: two main tools were used to conduct this study Tool I: Emotional Intelligence scale which consists of two parts: part (1) nursing demographic data and job characteristic, part (2) Emotional intelligence scale. Tool II: Job Burnout Questionnaire. Results: less than fifth of the nurses in the study sample (18.6%) had high total EI, it ranged between 15.7% for sociability and 18.6% for wellbeing. And the nurses' study sample was almost equally split between low (50.7%) and moderate\High (49.3%) total burnout. Conclusion: there was a statistically significant negative correlation between burnout scores and emotional intelligence scores. Recommendations: Programs of In-service training for nurses on EI skills are recommended. Periodic screening of emotional distress, exhaustion, decrease job satisfaction, professional inefficiency, and social negative effects | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Emotional Intelligence; Job Burnout; nursing caring for geriatric patients | ||||
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