“…Accumulating evidence suggests that a similar correlation exists in the nursing workforce (3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11) • Investigators studying EI in nursing students and in nurses who are in clinical practice have reported (3,4,5,6) -positive correlations between the level of EI and delivery of bedside clinical care, clinical decision making, ethical behavior, parameters of physical and emotional wellness, more adaptive stress-coping strategies and effective conflict handling styles, longer career length, anticipated retention in current job, professional achievement, job satisfaction, adaptive responses to organizational change, levels of professionalism and self-compassion, self-reportsof clinical competence, patient perception of the level of nurse caring, and certain positive clinical outcomes in patients -In study of EI in 98 Dutch mental health nurses, researchers reported that mental health specialty nurses scored above average in EI as measured by the Emotional Quotient Inventory compared with nurses who were not working in a mental health specialty area (14) -Researchers in a study of 42 nurses using the Emotional Quotient Inventory found that successful staff nurses have average or high levels of EI (6) -Researchers have noted that high levels of EI are associated with strong onflict resolution skills in nurses, and that training regarding EI skills can promote effective conflict management in healthcare facilities (2) -Nurse researchers in Jordan noted significant positive associations between EI and self-reportedclinical performance among 194 nurses interviewed (1) -Although Baby Boomer nurses (i.e., nurses who were born during the period 1943-1960) may view Generation X nurses (i.e., nurses who were born during the period 1961-1980) and Generation Y nurses (i.e., nurses who were born during the period 1980-2000) as less caring, researchers in a study of 442 nurses found no significant differences in EI among nurses who represented the Baby Boomer generation, Generation X, and Generation Y. (3) (For more information on generational differences in nursing, see Evidence-Based Care Sheet: Nursing Workforce: Generational Differences ) -Researchers of a qualitative study on EI and effective management in nursing reported on the importance of implementing emotional and social learning programs to improve nurses' knowledge, skills, and attitudes essential to improvementing management in healthcare in order toachieve positive result, maintainpositive relations, and make accountable decisions (10) -negative associations between the level of EI and perceived level of stress and burnout (15) -In a cross-sectional stud...…”