title: The impact of emotional intelligence development on nurse managers.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The role of nurse managers has a scope and range of accountability that place them at risk for high turnover and role exhaustion. Emotional intelligence (EI) was chosen as a focus for this study because of overwhelming evidence in the literature that relates EI with leadership effectiveness, retention, and both physical and emotional wellness.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This pilot study was undertaken to explore the impact of a peer coaching intervention on EI abilities of nurse managers.
  
  
  METHODS
  An exploratory, quantitative, pre- and posttest design was utilized.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study took place at a private tertiary care medical center in Honolulu, Hawaii. From an initial sample of 31 nurse managers, 48% (15) completed the 6-month intervention and study posttest.
  
  
  METHODS
  The intervention consisted of initial training sessions on EI and peer coaching skills, followed by weekly one-to-one peer coaching and monthly check-in group meetings.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All participants who completed the study perceived that the peer coaching intervention improved their EI abilities and general management performance.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Participants reported peer coaching's positive effect on their EI and performance skills during a period of unusually high organizational stress, providing evidence for the positive effect of the study intervention.
authors.affiliation: University of Hawaii, Manoa, Hawaii, USA. codier@hawaii.edu
authors.forename: Estelle
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Codier
authors.forename: Cindy
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kamikawa
authors.forename: Barbara Molina
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Kooker
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002983:Clinical Competence; D056348:Emotional Intelligence; D006254:Hawaii; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008875:Middle Aged; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000523:psychology*; D010379:Peer Group; D010865:Pilot Projects; D013315:Stress, Psychological