Abstract
Objective To investigate the status quo and the relationship between emotional intelligence and resilience of emergency and ICU nurses in tertiary general hospitals in Chengdu. Methods A total of 660 emergency and ICU nurses were surveyed by a pack of questionnaires including the General Information Questionnaire, the Resilience Scale and the Wong and Law Emotional Intelligence Scale. Results The average total score of the resilience scale was 123.07±23.76 and the average item score of the resilience scale was 4.92±0.95. The average total score of the emotional intelligence scale was 58.69±8.74 and the average item score of the emotional intelligence scale was 3.67±0.55. The correlation coefficient between the emotional intelligence and the resilience was 0.62 (P < 0.01). Three subdimensions of the emotional intelligence including the usage of emotion, the appraisal of self-emotion, the regulation of emotion and the positions of nurses accounted for 43.3% of the variances of the resilience. Conclusions Emotional intelligence played an important role in affecting the psychological resilience of emergency and ICU nurses in tertiary general hospitals in Chengdu, it could positively predict the resilience of nurses. Key words: Emotional intelligence; ICU nurse; Emergency nurse; Resilience
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