Nurse Education Today
Volume 31, Issue 4 , Pages 396-401 , May 2011

Emotional intelligence and nursing performance among nursing students

  • Audrey M. Beauvais

      Affiliations

    • Sacred Heart University, 5151 Park Avenue, Fairfield, CT 06825-1000, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. 136 Barberry Road, Southport, CT 06890, United States. Tel.: +1 203 371 7718(Work), +1 203 254 0639(Home); fax: +1 203 365 7662.
    • ,
  • Noreen Brady

      Affiliations

    • Lorain Correctional Institution, Eaton, Ohio, United States
    • Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, United States
    • Tel.: +1 440 748 1049, +1 216 368 1867.
    • ,
  • Eileen R. O'Shea

      Affiliations

    • Fairfield University, 107 North Benson Road, Fairfield, CT 06824, United States
    • Tel.: +1 203 254 4000x2703.
    • ,
  • Mary T. Quinn Griffin

      Affiliations

    • Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, United States
    • Tel.: +1 216 368 1920.

,Accepted 30 July 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2010.07.013

Nurse Education Today
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