Impact of Emotional Intelligence Program On Leadership Competency of Nursing Leaders
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.15520/ijnd.2016.vol6.iss4.149.Abstract
Background:. Emotional intelligence is the capacity for recognizing our own feelings and those of others, for motivating ourselves, and for managing emotions well in ourselves and others. Leadership competency is a measurable pattern of knowledge's, skills, abilities, behaviors, and other characteristics that an individual needs to successfully perform work roles.
Aim  : study  aimed to determine the  impact of emotional intelligence program on leadership competency of nursing leaders at Aga Central Hospital.
Methods :  quasi-experimental design. The study was carried out at all departments (21) of Aga Central Hospital , the total number of the nursing leaders ( n = 50 ) working in the previously mentioned setting and available at the time of data collection. Two tools were used for data collections the leadership competency questionnaire's and Emotional intelligence Questionnaire's
Results: there was significance improvement in relation to total & all items of knowledge pre , post and after 3 months of program ( p1 ,p2 and p3 = .000 , X2 =100 , 63.25 and 26.58 respectively) and there was significance difference in relation to total & all items  of emotional intelligence pre , post and after 3 months of the program ( p value = ≤.001, t= 55.791 , 21.093 and 9.191 respectively) , also there was significance difference in relation to total & all items of leadership competencies  pre , post and after 3 m of the program ( p value = ≤.001, t= 33.632, 18.024 and 4.774 respectively ).
Conclusion: the leadership competences among nursing leaders increased after application of emotional intelligence program and it can be improved through continuances training.
Recommendation: nursing leaders must be trained about emotional intelligence items especially empathy item through continues training program , also nursing leaders must be aware about the creative problem solving and decision making item and how they apply it in the work place.
