The Effects of a Meditation Program on the Perceived Emotional Intelligence of Charge Nurses in a Private Hospital
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meditation program, emotional intelligence, charge nurseAbstract
The objective of this quasi-experimental research was to compare the mean scores for the perceived emotional intelligence of charge nurses working in a private hospital between an experimental group and a control group. The sample consisted of 60 charge nurses working in inpatient wards, with the sample size calculated based on the power of the test as determined by power analysis who were recruited using purposive sampling and places into an experimental group (n=30) and a control group (n=30). The experimental group participated in a 6-week meditation program, while the control group received standard care. The research instruments included a meditation program and an emotional intelligence perception questionnaire. The content validity index of the instrument was 1.00 and the Cronbach's alpha coefficient was 0.96. Descriptive statistics (means and standard deviations) and inferential statistics, specifically the Paired t-tests and independent t-tests, were used to compare mean scores of the participants’ perceived emotional intelligence.
The research findings showed that the experimental group’s overall emotional intelligence perception scores were at a high level after participating in the meditation program. The highest mean score found was related to good social skills at work, followed by emotional management at work. It was found that the experiment group’s mean scores for perceived emotional intelligence were significantly higher after the intervention compared to before the intervention (p < .05). Additionally, the mean scores for perceived emotional intelligence in the experimental group were significantly higher than in the control group (p < .05). These results provide empirical evidence of the meditation program’s impact on the emotional intelligence of those in in leadership roles. This indicates that having a meditation program in the unit affects the efficiency and effectiveness of nursing administrators’ performances in healthcare organizations. Therefore, it is recommended that administrators of nursing organizations and other institutions recognize the significance of these impacts and consider incorporating meditation curricula as an integral part of emotional intelligence development for nursing leaders and other organizational executives.
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