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Exploring Nurse Managers' Emotional Intelligence: A Qualitative Study Using the Emotional Intelligence and Leadership

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  • 1Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing Management, Kütahya Health Sciences University, Kütahya, Turkey muzelfeuysal@gmail.com.

Research and Theory for Nursing Practice
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Summary

Emotional intelligence in nurse managers enhances clinical leadership by integrating self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship management. This fosters reflective practice, team function, and safe patient care delivery.

Keywords:
clinical competenceemotional intelligenceleadershipnurse managersqualitative research

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Area of Science:

  • Nursing Leadership
  • Healthcare Management
  • Organizational Psychology

Background:

  • Emotional intelligence (EI) is crucial for effective clinical leadership, yet its application in nurse managers' daily practice is not fully understood.
  • The Emotional Intelligence and Leadership Competence Model provides a framework for examining EI's impact on leadership.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore nurse managers' emotional intelligence.
  • To examine how EI influences clinical leadership and care processes within the specified model.

Main Methods:

  • Qualitative phenomenological design using semistructured interviews.
  • 20 first-level nurse managers from a Turkish training and research hospital participated.
  • Thematic analysis was applied, guided by the Emotional Intelligence and Leadership Competence Model.

Main Results:

  • Four key themes emerged: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship management.
  • EI components were linked to reflective practice, emotional regulation, risk identification, empathy, communication, and teamwork.
  • EI acts as a mechanism connecting individual competencies to team performance and safe care.

Conclusions:

  • Emotional intelligence functions as an integrated system, influencing team dynamics, clinical decisions, and safe care.
  • This study demonstrates EI's enactment in clinical leadership, highlighting its role in safe care delivery.
  • EI is a core mechanism for effective clinical leadership in nursing practice.