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Yoon-Ji Kang
, Kwuy-Im Jung
, Kwuy-Im Jung
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the effects of emotional intelligence and working environment on nursing performance of nurses caring for cancer patients in small and medium hospitals were mediated by communication competence.
Methods
The data was collected between Aug. 1 and Aug. 30, 2018 from 240 nurses caring for cancer patients from 11 small and medium hospitals in B city. Variables included in this study were the Wong and Law Emotional Intelligence Scale (WLEIS), the Practice Environment Scale of Nursing Work Index (PES-NWI), the Global Interpersonal Communication Competence (GICC), and nursing performance. The collected data were analyzed by t-tests, ANOVA and Scheffe's test, Pearson's correlation coefficients, and 3 step multiple regression using SPSS/WIN 24.0 and the Sobel test.
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Table 2
Scores of Emotional Intelligence, Nursing Working Environment, Communication Competence, Nursing Perfor-mance (N=240)
Table 3
Correlation among Emotional Intelligence, Nursing Working Environment, Communication Competence, Nursing Performance (N=240)
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